5 Winners. 3) Keith Richards Keith Richards - Amnesia
And what can you say to someone like that? That’s the face of rock 'n' roll with its highs, very high, and its disastrous downfalls. Who among us wouldn’t want to live a day as Keith Richards? Forget that dandy Mick Jagger!
"Everything he tried: greater glory after peril, escape and victory, the reign and the sad exile" "was it true glory? To posterity the hard judgment."
Forget about the demons of the blues! He makes the demons go "Boo!" and then he burps in their faces.
But whatever you think of him and the Rolling Stones, no matter what is said about his instrumental technique, “the pirate” is, and remains, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
A life worth a hundred lives.
Of course - sometimes, in the evening - he finds himself thinking of Brian in that pool or Tara, in that hospital...
Tara! If it hadn’t gone that way, who knows, maybe things could have been different with Anita as well. Perhaps he even thinks of Linda...
But then, he turns to the other side and falls back asleep.