Written in what seems to be a dictated style of Keith's speaking, the autobiography offers some interesting tidbits about The Stones, though rarely are they fully expanded upon. From an outsider's perspective it was interesting to read of the dependency on the slew of drugs and the ways they were used, then the ways they were shaken. A few very harsh words for Mick countered in other chapters by a strong brotherly love. Plenty of gushing about other people, and some interesting inclusions of other characters' writing, often gushing about Richards. The later years of stadium touring are just as interesting to me as the very early days of playing the dive bars. Best story was of the studio sessions slipping from starting at one in the afternoon quickly to one AM and continuing to slide until Keith found himself in a car on his way to work. "What time is it?" "It's 8 am." "Fuck that. Turn the car around, I'm not going to work at eight in the morning!" Summarizing a lifetime of bucking the norm.
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Winter 2011
