Heart Of Stone wrote on Jan 30
th, 2012 at 12:26pm:
Keith certainly isn't ready for a 12 step program, that's for sure!! he's lucky all right but doesn't count his blessings, the only time I've seen him be a little humble was when his blind angel (In Toronto) went to the judge's home & bother him so much the Judge changed his sentence that could be 20 Years in prison.
It's just the way Keith is, fuck 'em I survived, I wouldn't want to have that attitude ever!!! I don't believe he's an alcoholic, even though he can drink a lot, alcoholics have conscience's, Keith doesn't.
Yeah. Keith's book really changed my perspective about both him and Mick. Keith seems to really have no conscience or regrets even if he did shitty things. Keith also seems to be sort of in love or obsessed with his image as you know, "KEITH RICHARDS". Mick seems to have more depth than Keith but at the same time seems to be in love with power and control and everything that comes with fame. And both of them seem to have little problem screwing anyone they have to to keep their status.
The only guys who seemed to have been decent were Bill (even if he's a dirty old man, he does seem to have a conscience and isn't in love with himself), Charlie (I've never seen anything which would make him seem like a scumbag. Generally seems to be the most down to Earth of all of them) and Mick Taylor (Keith claims Taylor has "mental problems" but watching interviews with him back in the day, he just seems to have been a shy introverted kid and I think being around Mick and Keith as the former became more and more egotistical and the latter became more of a druggie was just too much).
Brian was Brian, a deeply faulted, but beautiful soul--And I think if he had lived he wouldn't have turned into a bitter, self loving lush like Keith, and Ronnie is a degenerate drunk who's basically a lapdog to Keith.
Stu seems to have been off in his own world, probably a nice guy but sort of detached from it all. Probably shook his head and sighed a lot watching the rest of them, like a parent watching bratty children. He just seems to have liked doing what he did, playing Boogie Woogie piano and wasn't really interested in being a rockstar. Out of all of them, Stu was probably the most regular person.
But here's the thing: You don't need to lack a conscience to be a badass rockstar. Some of the greatest rock stars were very deep, very humble, decent people (even if they had drug problems or whatever). Keith seemed like a nicer guy when he was on Heroin in the '70s, watching old interviews from that time.
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