Theirs is not quite a rocky marriage, nor a case of sibling rivalry - although Mick once said that they were like brothers who had been born by chance to different parents.
No, the partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards is all these things and yet far more - a complicated and 'completely dysfunctional' relationship; a 59-year association which can lay claim to being the greatest partnership in rock.
'With those two,' says a friend of the band, 'it's all about the niggle - there's always a niggle between them. They are like a couple of soap-opera queens.'
Now, Keith has completed his autobiography, entitled Life, which will be published in October by Little, Brown.
No, the partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards is all these things and yet far more - a complicated and 'completely dysfunctional' relationship; a 59-year association which can lay claim to being the greatest partnership in rock.
'With those two,' says a friend of the band, 'it's all about the niggle - there's always a niggle between them. They are like a couple of soap-opera queens.'
Now, Keith has completed his autobiography, entitled Life, which will be published in October by Little, Brown.
It contains a full account of his views on Mick Jagger, including hundreds of critical words devoted to Mick's womanising and drug taking.
Keith's opinion, I'm told, is that Mick 'has never been able to handle chicks', and he expounds this theory at some length throughout the book, criticising his old friend for destroying his marriage to Jerry Hall and for his cruelty to Marianne Faithfull.
There are also passages about Mick's use of cocaine and marijuana in the Seventies, which are said to be making the publisher's lawyers turn several different shades of green.
It sounds like rather more than a 'niggle', then - indeed, the question is, will it be enough to cause a permanent rift between them? Might this book finally split the Rolling Stones?
Keith's opinion, I'm told, is that Mick 'has never been able to handle chicks', and he expounds this theory at some length throughout the book, criticising his old friend for destroying his marriage to Jerry Hall and for his cruelty to Marianne Faithfull.
There are also passages about Mick's use of cocaine and marijuana in the Seventies, which are said to be making the publisher's lawyers turn several different shades of green.
It sounds like rather more than a 'niggle', then - indeed, the question is, will it be enough to cause a permanent rift between them? Might this book finally split the Rolling Stones?
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