“I’ve been so lucky, I
don’t believe it. I'm sure I'm going to pay in the next life. Hell is really
going to be hell for me. I don't know why I've been given all this. You
couldn't dream it up, man, you couldn't write it.”—Rolling Stones founding
member, co-songwriter, and guitarist Keith Richards quoted in Alan Light, “
It’s
Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But He Likes It),” WSJ. (The Magazine of The Wall
Street Journal), March 2018 issue
Surely, Mr. Richards
feels “lucky” not just because of his astonishing commercial success as a
member of the Stones, but also because, despite a lifestyle that could have
killed him as many as 50 years ago, he has survived to turn 80 today.
BTW, his 2010 memoir
co-written/ghosted by James Fox, Life, is, for my money, the most
insightful autobiography by a rock ‘n’ roller about what has gone into the
music he’s created.
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