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Keith gets distinguished
Richards picked up the prestigious Mailer prize for Distinguished Biography for his million-selling memoir Life at a glitzy award ceremony in New York yesterday.
In his acceptance speech, Richards reasoned the because he'd been writing since the age of 16 - mostly songs, admittedly - his appearance at the event was not so unusual: "This is one for the books, if you get my drift — you hacks," the 67-year-old quipped.
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Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician and songwriter, and a founder member of The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards has created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and has named him the 10th greatest guitarist of all time. Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting partner Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones' lead vocalist, are listed among...
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