Keith Richards: Mick Jagger "A Maniac" And "Power Freak"

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is a "power freak" who is also a "bit vain", bandmate Keith Richards said in an interview set to be published Thursday.

Speaking to Uncut magazine in an interview to promote a Martin Scorsese documentary about the band, "Shine A Light", the guitarist also said he would have told his younger self to "lay off" drugs.

"Mick's a maniac. He can't get up in the morning without knowing immediately who he's going to call," the 64-year-old Richards said.

"Meanwhile, I just go 'Thank God I'm awake' and wait for three or four hours before I do anything. He is a power freak and there's nothing we can do about it. I don't want to do anything about it. Let him bugger about. It doesn't make any difference to what we do."

Addressing Jagger's on-stage presence, Richards told the magazine, "Excuse me while I laugh. He's a bit vain, let's put it like that," before adding: "We want a vain bloke up there, don't we? Meanwhile, the band can go to work. Vanity will not carry a band. But a band can carry vanity."

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Comments

[castlerider]

We already know all this about the Mick, It's just kind of funny hearing Keith say it.
We know it has a possibility of pissing Mick off, and making him shake his head in a humored frustration that he would just as soon forget.
Get off my cloud, right?

[abbiehoffmansghost]

I like the comment about Led Zeppelin in the full story. I take Zeppelin everyday of the week over the Stones; no contest.

[speakyourmind]

I agree wholeheartedly. I was never into the Stones. But I own every single recording Led Zeppelin ever made.

[fenster]

These comments cannot be but publicity stunts to promote the upcoming movie and sex it up. The Stones are wired amongst themselves in more than one way.

[rbspickles]

Oh sorry, I thought they were talking about Bush and Cheney...m­y bad.

[MagisterLudi]

There's always one primitive idiot on Huffpo who MUST insert some Bush comment.

[rbspickles]

OUCH!!! Bwahahahah­ahahhaaaaa­a. Imagine, coming to huffpo and commenting a political jab. I can't imagine what made me do it?