You know, we got shipped to France
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Keith Richards, Himself:
It's all a bit of a kaleidoscope. [laughs] Keith Richards, Himself:
I was definitely on another planet at the time. Everybody's got a different way of dealing. You know, I didn't for awhile. [laughs] Keith Richards, Himself:
I took to the stuff. As I say, I never had a problem with drugs. I did have a problem with cops. I'd been pushed up against the - my front door, while they're leaping out of the bushes. They were just harassing me, really. There was a definite move on. And while it became obvious, we had to make a decision, you know, okay, we're moving, you know. Mick Jagger, Himself:
Keith always says he was chased out of England by the cops. Well, he may believe that; but, I mean, it's not actually true. But, the real reason the band left was money. Bill Wyman, Himself:
We all thought that our taxes had been paid. We discovered in 1971 that we all owed in the region of a 100,000 pounds each. Mick Jagger, Himself:
Income tax was so high that to earn the money to pay back the tax, we decided that we, the best way of doing that was to leave the UK. Bill Wyman, Himself:
You know, we got shipped to France
It's all a bit of a kaleidoscope. [laughs] Keith Richards, Himself:
I was definitely on another planet at the time. Everybody's got a different way of dealing. You know, I didn't for awhile. [laughs] Keith Richards, Himself:
I took to the stuff. As I say, I never had a problem with drugs. I did have a problem with cops. I'd been pushed up against the - my front door, while they're leaping out of the bushes. They were just harassing me, really. There was a definite move on. And while it became obvious, we had to make a decision, you know, okay, we're moving, you know. Mick Jagger, Himself:
Keith always says he was chased out of England by the cops. Well, he may believe that; but, I mean, it's not actually true. But, the real reason the band left was money. Bill Wyman, Himself:
We all thought that our taxes had been paid. We discovered in 1971 that we all owed in the region of a 100,000 pounds each. Mick Jagger, Himself:
Income tax was so high that to earn the money to pay back the tax, we decided that we, the best way of doing that was to leave the UK. Bill Wyman, Himself:
You know, we got shipped to France
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It's all a bit of a kaleidoscope
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I was definitely on another planet at the time
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Everybody's got a different way of dealing
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and I didn't for a while I took to the stuff
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As I say I never had a problem with drugs I just had a problem with cops
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I'd been pushed up against my front door by them leaping out of the bushes
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They were just harassment really You know there was a definite move on
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It became obvious that you know you had to make a decision
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Okay we're moving
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Keith always says that he was chased out of England by the cops
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He may believe that but I mean it's not actually true
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The real reason the band left was money
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We all thought that our taxes had been paid
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We discovered in 1971 that we all owed in the region of 100 000 pounds each
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The income tax was so high that to earn the money to pay back the tax
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Movie Summary
Legendary British rock band The Rolling Stones mark their 50th year together.
