# Keith Richards

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- Book: [Keith Richards](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-sandford/keith-richards) ([Keith Richards.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-sandford/keith-richards.md))
- Authors: [Christopher Sandford](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-sandford)
- Publisher: da_capo_press
- ISBN: 978-07-8671-368-4
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2004-09-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When he first came before a judge in the 1960s, Keith Richards heard himself described as " a moron" and read newspaper headlines announcing UGLY LOOKS! UGLY SPEECH! UGLY MANNERS! Yet Richards's strangely flamboyant personality, filled with eccentricities and contradictions, suggested a more complex character than the " elegantly wasted" junkie who wrote and played the Rolling Stones' best-known songs. In an industry notorious for its high burnout rate, Keith Richards remains a legendary survivor. This candid look at the Rolling Stones legend is being published in conjunction with Richard's sixtieth birthday celebration. Keith Richards: Satisfaction looks at the career of a man who was as admired as he was feared. In this behind-the-scenes story, employing dozens of new sources, the author charts the life and music of the shy, half-educated boy from Dartford, the writer of pop classics like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," " Ruby Tuesday," and " Brown Sugar" the kohl-eyed drug addict slumped on his mattress throne at the Ritz Hotel, and the more recently contented family man who nonetheless continues to be rock's most indomitable living practitioner. It's a hard, fast, sometimes shocking saga of a flawed but wildly creative life.