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Well....Keith talked TO me...

I was sitting on the edge of the stage at the Enmore Theatre warmup gig on the Licks tour in Sydney....best night of my life....when Keith went down on one knee, guitar straddling the other leg and, one handed (no hand on the strings/frets) started the opening riff of HTW.

He played it thru about 4 times before the rest of the band kicked in. But, just before they did, still on one knee and only about 3 feet in front of me, he looked straight at me, winked, grinned, and said

"How @#$%&' easy is this?"....

I will never forget it. I looked at my brother-in-law who was standing right next to me and he was laughing his head off...!

Is that the show that had Angus & Malcom Young come out? If so, I luv the video of that when Angus pushes Mick out of the way to do his solo. Cracks me up every time!

The VERY show...! And I admit, whilst I recognised Angus straight away, with Malcolm it was a wee bit of a "who is that?" for a few seconds!! My brother in law, until that night an AC/DC nutter, converted to The Stones THAT NIGHT COZ OF THIS SHOW, pointed out to me who Malcolm was! Malcolm was actually, IMHO, stage stuck at being on stage with The Stones, he sort of was frozen in space/time for the song.

I saw them in a small venue that tour too. The Joint (before they expanded it) in Las Vegas. We got bragging rights on those shows!

No doubt, & they were exceptional shows all right! I actually had tickets to the Sydney show a couple of days later, but the seats were up in the stands at an arena, and after sitting in the stage at a small theatre show I said to the wife I didn't want to diminish my memory of them by seeing them, basically, on the video screen. So we flew home to Perth 2 days early, unused tickets in my pocket.

I scored front row tickets to their forthcoming Arena show in Adelaide, THAT'LL be ok too, I would imagine!!!

I saw them the night after with decent, not great, seats at the MGM Grand Arena. That show was actually better! It was Sticky Fingers night. I was sitting close to the second stage & they did a stripped down version of Brown Sugar that was magical. Back to AC/DC for a minute. I spent almost a month in Australia in 2001. Happened to be in Sydney when AC/DC was doing a 7 night stand at a smallish (for them) arena. Caught the last night. You Aussies were riled up for that one! They were literally ripping the urinals off the wall, haha. Great show. Anyway, enjoy your Adelaide show! Think "Midnight Rambler" will blow you away. That was the highlight of the 50 & Counting show I saw.

Tks matey.

Thanks for all the stories, everyone.

Wow, Mickschix, such a nice shot of you two, so glad to have the story behind it told
in this topic. He was looking super-friendly towards you there.

What are your thoughts on how open Mick was back then as compared to how
he might have changed on that now, if he was out on the street and such?

P.S. I've included some fan stories of meetings and other interactions
with band members from people I've talked with in my upcoming book that should be out this year.
It's all about Rolling Stones fans. I'm finally finishing it this month, with any luck.
Much appreciation in advance for *all* of you who have helped me out. I'll
post more for anyone interested when it comes out.

~"Love is Strong"~

Well, I met him quite a few years later in Montreal, April of 1998 and he was just as sweet, if not even more adorable. Guess we like each other! I think it is all about how you approach him. In Montreal, I was told by the concierge that Mick was having lunch in the bar/restaurant of the Westin Hotel..I was also staying at that hotel. Back then, I had lots of connections. The ticket broker told me where the band was staying so of course I booked a room there for the 3 nights. I had just bought a gigantic Union Jack for Mick..planning on tossing it up on stage that night. I walked into the bar, spotted Mick and a male companion having lunch...pasta, salad and bread for Mick....I sat a few tables away, ordered a drink, waited. Spotted Mick's bodyguard..went over to him..he asked me to sit so I did. I asked him if it would be possible to give Mick the flag....I explained the situation, said I was not a groupie,played blues guitar...etc, loved the band since I was a child...he said he would let me give Mick my present. I told him I'd be very quiet about it.
When Mick stood to leave he called me over, saying, " Mick, this young lady has something for you"....Mick grinned at me and said " I bet you DO!"....I flushed!! Said "Well, it's not what you think!" and we both laughed...it went perfectly...he held my hand, thanked me, said he'd look for me at the show ( because I told him where I was sitting that night....NO PICTURES TAKEN! I wanted to shoot myself for that....the camera was on my table...he held my hand as the guard led him out of the room. Mick turned and said, " I'll look for you tonight, Debra"..yikes!!! And he did!! He danced over to me, lifting up his shirt...I TOOK THAT PICTURE!
After that I told my friends I would be dying a very happy woman.

P.S. I do know how lucky I've been. During my most miserable days, I have always remembered those times when I had the chance to spend time with this man, who had been so extremely generous and kind to me when he could have simply walked past. I do think that my meetings with Mick are extraordinary. I think of these meetings as almost mystical...how else could I explain being that lucky? In some crazy way, I always believed that under different circumstances, I could have actually been a good friend of his. A kindred spirit of sorts. The message here is to never quit trying to position yourself so that this kind of meeting could happen for you. I always remembered that to get along with Mick in a unique way, I had to behave in a very respectful manner...but with a touch of flirtatiousness thrown in. That's my formula.

The main formula is: We love their music.
We still do after all those years.
And they love that we do so.
And can´t stop to enjoy this (us) by going on tour.

Amen to that! And caschimann, I'm happy that they enjoy their fans and don't run away from us like some celebrities do.

Good formula MicksChix...

Imagine how Kim Kardashian would have handled it. OMG

Anyone who would even WANT to speak with ANY of the Kardashians is suspect in my world! LOL! That's one family that we need to DEPORT to China!

Even China is too good for them!

Maybe the Kardashians could go to Sudan ...Somalia etc. Hang with the disgusting leadership...Kanye could build a summer home there...etc.

Ah, Kanye, who opened for the Stones in Foxboro in 2006....DISGUSTING excuse for a man. I thought I'd seen it all until I heard that piece of crap...

I was a radio jock in Australia for almost 30 years. Was made redundant by a bean counter almost two years ago now.

Anyways, back in the day when it was all about the music and connections, I organised a Mick meet n greet in 88.

I was working at a station in Canberra at the time and had some great contacts at CBS.
Cut a long story short, we organised for tickets, reeboks, signed posters, merch and a meet n greet with Mick before the show.

So there we are backstage in Sydney pre show for Micks solo show.
I remember the place was bursting, full of B grade celebrities and the Sydney social set all poncing about.
I had two contest winners with me and my record guy. I sensed something happened and told the winners 'get ready'.
Then in walked Mick with Jerry and a security guy.
It's was frigging classic.
In this room full of show offs, Mick and Jerry walked straight in and straight up to us. We had a chat, intros all round, photo taken, more banter. Then he said to his guy 'get me the f*** out of here'.
Meanwhile I noticed all the celeb set trying their hardest not to look, all trying hard to look cool.
The room was on fire.
As Mick turned to walk out I yelled out 'kick arse Mick!'.
He stopped, turned, smiled and said 'yer I plan too!'.
Then he was gone.
Then the whole room looked at us like 'who the hell are these guys ?'



That's me holding a beer. Chick on left is girlfriend of the guy in the hat who was a contest winner.

Still got the poster in my studio here at home, he signed the Kooyong pic.



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I also was at the Aussie press conference for the Voodoo Lounge show at the MCG.

I was 6 feet away from the band. In the same room, breathing the same air !

I had a mic in my hand and was ready to ask a question, then some bonehead breakfast DJ from Brisbane tried to be funny. He got up and dropped some dumb joke on the band and Mick just cut him to shreds. Something like 'you're no oil painting yourself..'

Anyways I shat myself, the stones were fiery, I frigging love these guys.
There was no way in hell I was going to risk my idols putting me down. It would have killed me.
I passed the mic to some guy next to me.

Never regretted it.







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Very cool, DeathGod.

I helped push Ronnie back onto the small stage in Nashville once. He nearly fell into the crowd. So I actually touched him, his chest anyway

"Beauty is only skin deep, we're all the same underneath." (KR) Love Is Strong...

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I also was at the Aussie press conference for the Voodoo Lounge show at the MCG.

I was 6 feet away from the band. In the same room, breathing the same air !

I had a mic in my hand and was ready to ask a question, then some bonehead breakfast DJ from Brisbane tried to be funny. He got up and dropped some dumb joke on the band and Mick just cut him to shreds. Something like 'you're no oil painting yourself..'

Anyways I shat myself, the stones were fiery, I frigging love these guys.
There was no way in hell I was going to risk my idols putting me down. It would have killed me.
I passed the mic to some guy next to me.

Never regretted it.

Great stories, Peter!

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That's me holding a beer.

And looking very cool, calm, collected

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Keep On Rolling

Met Keith and the Winos at a record signing event at Tower Records on Sunset Strip prior to their show at Universal in '93. Asked Keith "how's the family Keith"?,,,he replied "Goddamn great!!, Thanks for asking"....then I pointed out my buddy and I had tickets for tonites show and he said "I'll be there!!"

Met Mick Taylor about a month later prior to him taking the stage at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood. Had a quick chat and then he gave me the dead fish handshake.

Met Bernard in '94 I believe. It was in a strip club in Pittsburgh after the show. Really nice chat and a nice guy.

Thank you all for all your stories - it´s like a hidden treasure which was not touched here before.

Given the Stones' bad boy image of yore, it's amusing that two4fun111 had a "family" moment with Keith but met Bernard in a strip club.

These are all very entertaining stories--thanks for sharing them, everyone.

Met Lisa once in Munich´s "Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten" at the bar after the Licks-gig in Munich Olympiahalle.
She was sitting there alone.
She saw my front of stage wristband, asking my if I liked the show.
So we talked about that tour in 2003. I asked if it is exhausting city after city, venue after venue.
Lisa said: "Yes sometimes, but Mick is sustaining all of us with his energy."
I never forget this answer.
Then I asked her why she is sitting here alone.
"I´m always first, the boys need their time in the ladies room.", she smiled.
15 min later the boys arrived: Bernard and Blondie.

Back in 1999, NO SECURITY tour, in Philly I had a friend who was ( is) very connected with the band so I was invited to the after-show party at the Four Seasons. All of the back up players plus Bobby Keyes and Daryl Jones were there, Kent and the entire brass section too. I was thrilled to be there and I sat with Lisa and had a drink of champagne...she said she feels she should PAY the STONES each night for the honor of sharing the stage with them. She is a delight, so humble, intelligent and she KNOWS how blessed she is. I really enjoyed our time chatting. I got to sit on Bernard's lap!!
I really liked talking with Chuck. Talk about humble! A real Southern gent. The Stones never joined us but I was so happy to have had the chance to talk to everyone. I told Daryl that he was doing a brilliant job filling some big shoes. He gushed his thank you. I'm sure he has had moments when he is acutely aware that comparisons are being made. That was a very special night.



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Bernard. June 29th, 2003, Barcelona.
After the fantastic gig in the Olympia Stadium my friend Cordula, a very beautiful girl and me went to the Arts Hotel-Bar.
There was Ronnie - for a few minutes.
And there was Bernard, walking into the bar going straight to group of friends waiting for him and than he saw Cordula. His head was swinging around, looking at her, looking at us, coming over to us, looking at me: "You have a very beautiful girlfriend." He said this in a very nice very ok way.
"This is not my girlfriend," I replied,"we are just good friends."
"Ok" he said, "come over and let´s have a drink."
And that´s what we did.
I had my drink and watching Bernard talking to Cordula for a very long time.
Later he went to his room.
And Cordula came with me.
Still impressed: "He was such a gentleman!"

Talked to Keith in an elevator once. asked him for some dough.

.....did ya wanna make a pizza Place???



ROCKMAN

Talked once to a band member of Mick´s solo albums: Jeff Beck.

Met him in "Nell´s" in New York in 1986.
That time the club was very new. And 85% of guests was black.
No one really noticed him.
Jeff was sitting in the sofa of the basement lounge.
I sat beside him.
It took a little while but then I realized: I´m sitting beside Jeff Beck.
So took all my courage (because I hearded he can be rude s.t.) and said to him:
"If you are the one I think you are, I thank you very much for the good work on the Mick Jagger-solo-album"
"Oh thank you very much," he said very happily.
And then he told me he just arrived to play the sessions for the 2nd Mick-album.
(later known as "Primitive Cool")
Me: "And Mick, also clubbing tonite?"
"No," he said "he is still at Power Plant fixing things - he´s unstoppable!"
Then he told me about his future projects and etc. - was a long and quite nice chat!

Talked with Mick in Toronto october 2002 before the Sky Dome Show

Stein, what did you ask him? Tell us about that chat!

Marianne Faithfull (former girlfriend)

'Once he came straight off stage to the hotel where I was waiting and he was absolutely terrifying. He was like somebody possessed. I don't think he even knew who I was. He still had his make-up on and there was a froth of spittle around his mouth and his eyes were violent and he was making grunting sounds. He didn't say a word; just those god-awful grunts. He picked me up and slammed me against the wall. Several times. Afterwards, I don't think he even remembered it.'


Orsolya Dessy (Hungarian porn star)

'He's a deliciously sensitive man. He made sure I had a wonderful time. He said I had a lovely bottom. He was so charming, polite and considerate. I asked him for his favourite city and he replied, "Budapest - because if I hadn't come here, I wouldn't have met you." Such a true gentleman.'


Mrs Rolls-Wilson (as Mick calls her; Rolling Stones fan and Mick's neighbour in Richmond)

'When he moved in he popped round the back with a cup, asking for a cup of sugar as a way of introducing himself - "Hello, I'm Mick, your new neighbour." He's no woe at all. And his children are beautifully behaved. If all neighbours were as well behaved as Mick Jagger, there'd be fewer problems in this world. He looks very young for his age. When you see Michael playing with his kids in the garden, from the back, ohh, he looks like a firm young man. Oh, incredibly fit he is. I've no complaints at all.'


Mark Fisher (stage designer for the Rolling Stones)

'I was standing talking to him beside the stage of some giant stadium and it was pouring with rain. He was talking about how grossly unfair life was, that he should have to go out and do this show. Meanwhile, the opening of 'Not Fade Away' was beginning and he became more and more distracted, then disappeared into a complete trance. Then he spun around and marched on stage. It was like watching a shaman transporting himself from the everyday into private ecstasy.'


Richard Neville (editor of 'Oz')

'When he came to Sydney in 1965 I had deep, deep envy for his fame and rock 'n' roll energy. He was just unutterably groovy. And he'd walked into the Gaslash club having spent the night with one of my girlfriends. The moment he walked in, with this gorgeous Asian woman on his arm, and 'Route 66' playing on the sound system, I just felt absolutely at the complete cosmic centre of grooviness. I've been trying to win that moment back ever since. Some years later, in my Hustler moment, I acquired and published in Oz some nude frames excised from his film Performance. Let others be undignified and say he has an excellent-sized penis. All I'll say is he had nothing to be ashamed of.'


John Michel (author and old friend)

'He's essentially a great comedian, an early form of Ali G: he invented a character for himself and has kept it up. In the old days we used to go on excursions together, tripping to Wales to see the sites of ley-line crossings and UFO centres I was trying to interest him in investigating phenomena, but he'd direct us off to a pub in Winchcombe because he knew it was run by Tom Graveney, the old England cricketer, and really wanted to meet him.'


Barbara Hulanicki (creator of Biba)

'He'd come to my shop in Abingdon Road with Chrissie Shrimpton [his then girlfriend] on Saturday nights in the 1960s and while Chrissie was shopping he used to stand watching us counting the takings, which he was very interested in.'


Barbara Charone (ex-Stones press officer)

'One evening several EMI executives came to the studio to meet the Stones and listen to their first album for EMI Europe. One resembled a bank manager while the other had perfected the record company corporate image of what is hip. Jagger played them a 50-minute version of a reggae song called 'Jah Wonderful', seriously insisting it was the album. "Actually," Jagger comforted the bank manager-type, "we could cut it down to 45 minutes."'


Nicky Haslam (interior designer)

'Oh God, he's the most learned man I know. Practically the best read I've ever met. And you'll go to a church lost in a wood in France and he'll date it, saying, "I think this is May 1740." And he collects honey from his own hive of bees - I've seen him do it with huge relish, in the full gear. It's amazing what he can do.'


Christopher Simon Sykes (photographer)

'You never escape the fact he has the most famous face in the world. He once came to stay with me in Yorkshire and on Saturday morning we wen to Driffield, the local town. And we were in Boots the Chemist, and Mick was standing by the counter when a woman came up to him and said, "What are you doing here?" And he looked at her and said, very fast "I always do my shopping in Driffield on a Saturday." And then ten minutes later the entire population of Driffield descended on Boots and we had to get out of town. Then the Driffield Times came out with the wonderfully clichéd headline, a stone rolls into town and after that every single place claimed they'd seen Mick in their Post Office.'


David Hepworth (publisher)

'It's one of the most astonishing things you can ever do, to walk into rooms behind Mick. Because wherever he goes the room stops. It's the sheer level of fame. And it means that he hardly ever has a conversation which isn't about him. He's always at the centre. And he's incredibly sharp at working out what's just the minimum he can give. His idea is that what people want out of a famous person is being given just a little glimmer of the massive celebrity and legendary status. I attended a test match with him in Barbados - which he brought a little packed lunch along to each day - and saw his beach-hut at Bathsheba which he described as at "the chi-chi end of the downmarket". But you spend time with him and you feel you haven't got any nearer.'


Harriet Vyner (friend)

'We went for a meal together at a very posh restaurant in the West End. It was so repulsive - when Mick arrived the owner came smarming up and said, "Ahhh Mr Jagger, ahhh Mr Jagger, how marvellous to see you. You must, must come and stay in my hotel. You know we're very discreet there, Mr Jagger. You can bring your wife. Or your girlfriend. Or your dog." Mick had to keep brushing him aside and I realised it must happen all the time - this cajoling and repulsiveness. 'I remember Mick saying he'd "never want to be on Desert Island Discs, doing that awful nostalgia the English like". It's important to him, looking to the future, but there must be some other reason he doesn't talk about the past. Maybe it embarrasses him.'


Andrew Loog Oldham (the Rolling Stones' first manager)

'What Mick became is everything I told him he was. I don't think Mick and I could be together in the same room today without each having 10mg of valium. What's that they say about first wives? I read Mick saying at the time of his first solo album that he hadn't had a homosexual experience since leaving school. I'd just like to ask him at what age he thinks he left school.'


Harvey Goldsmith (promoter)

'I worked with him from the late 1960s until the tour before last - and Mick has been involved with every aspect of what the Stones do: doing deals, choosing promoters, choosing venues, choosing the production sound, lighting, set design... everything. Nothing happens without him saying yes or no. Nothing. There's no one better at masterminding PR than he is: about the band, him, relationships. His life is virtually in the press every day of the week - and it all comes from him. He goes to the right openings, the right galleries, the right parties - and he doesn't go to the wrong ones. And to some extent he's seen with the right women, whoever they might be at the time. Frankly, he's a complete control freak.'


Charlotte Edwardes (journalist)

'A friend of Mick's had asked if I'd like to join them at Tina Brown's Bafta party. Cristal champagne appeared, but he stuck with mineral water and said, "I've eaten already: I had spaghetti and fish-fingers at home with the kids, I skipped the ice-cream." He said he took 19 vitamins a day and spent most nights cuddled up with a hot water bottle with a Burberry cover. He also said, "I think it's vulgar to spend more than £4 million on a house." He was funniest when he was introduced to Jessica Callan, the Mirror 3am Girl. Rather than run a mile, like most big stars would, he told her he wanted to be mentioned in the "Surveillance" column, which mentions street sightings of stars. He spent a lot of time suggesting ideas for where he might have been seen: he wanted her to write that he'd been sighted shopping for a Magimix in the rue St-Honoré.'


Bella Freud (fashion designer)

Years ago I made a coat for Keith Richards and visited the studio to do a fitting, with a sewing friend of mine. We sat there spellbound watching them make music. Then Mick, vaguely bored, started to try and flirt and dance with us, and we were far too terrified to respond. "Bloody hell, you lot," he exclaimed, "you're a bunch of bloody nuns sitting in the background." I was quite pleased really - I felt I'd kept my integrity in spite of being completely dazzled.'


Diane Von Furstenberg (aristocrat and designer)

'I think of Mick and me in his kitchen looking through the school brochures to see where our children should go to school. There is a very serious side to Mick. If you are fundamentally serious - like he is, totally fundamentally serious, about his work, life, health, family - then one can pretend to be frivolous. But he's serious, serious, serious.'


Luciana Morad (model and mother of Mick's son Lucas)

'My God, he's funny. And you know, he really likes women. He can drive me crazy, just by the tone of his voice. But it's more than that. I don't know what it is, but he has got it and he knows it and that's the worst part. One thing I will say about Mick is that he gives Lucas imaginative toys. Mick always knows what will please a child - I suppose he's had plenty of practice.'


Tom Keylock (ex-jack-of-all-trades to Jagger)

'I can be heard singing the 'woo-woos' on the original 'Sympathy For The Devil' and I cooked for him and everything else. I'd had plastic surgery on me nose and on me face when I'd been in the army. And I'd had this skin graft from the side of me leg and me backside on to me face. And when I told Mick about it, he said, "So that's why you talk so much shit." I'd say there's two front men in this world. One's Jagger and the other's the Pope.'


John Richardson (art historian and acclaimed biographer of Picasso)

'I've stayed with Mick at his château, La Fourchette, and that's where you see a very different Mick. He got Alvilde Lees-Milne to lay out a marvellous formal walled garden and he became completely part of the garden, knew every single thing about all the plants, the flowers, the way the fruit trees were espaliered. And he got into wine and in no time at all he had a marvellous palate and a great cellar. And an eye for oriental art. There is nothing contrived about his wonderful country-house life. Big trestle tables under the chestnut trees with nanny and kids at one end and adults at the other - the children having buns, the adults smoking joints. Absolute paradise. I remember Mick was training for one of his tours there too - he used a dead straight local stretch of country road, so he could practise running backwards very fast. And you'd see a French farmer resting on his shovel or his hoe, watching the head of Mick Jagger above the hedge going back and forth, very fast backwards.'


Mary Waldegrave (housewife and mother)

'He's very gallant. Once we were both staying in the same country house party, and they had only a couple of records, one of which contained lots of slightly obscure Stones songs that I like: 'The Singer Not the Song', 'When Blue Turns to Grey', that sort of thing. And when 'Blue Turns to Grey' came on, I said, "I really love this one." And he said: "Well, let's dance to it then." And then, as we whirled round the floor, he smiled and said, "But I wouldn't have thought you were old enough to remember it."'


Paul Robinson (insurance salesman)

'I was a spectator at Trent Bridge and saw Mick in the bar and went up to him to try and get an autograph. I said, "Excuse me, Mr Jagger, but would you..." And he jumped to his feet and said, "...Have the next dance?" and proceeded to waltz me around the room.'


Christopher Gibbs (antique dealer and close friend)

'Mick did quite a lot for [Sir Paul] Getty, when he was not in a very happy or healthy time of his life and just watching television a lot. Mick used to go and see Paul, who was a neighbour, and Mick said to him, "Why are you watching all this rubbish? You could be watching the cricket." He patiently explained to him how cricket works. Mick knows his cricket pretty well and Paul quickly realised that here was something of infinite subtlety and enjoyment and worth being initiated into. 'Contrary to what people might think Mick is very constant in his affections and loyal in his friendships and good at keeping his friendships green - making sure he doesn't lose touch with people. He's a great, honourable chap.'


John Sandilands (writer)

'The Radio Times arranged for me to interview Mick in LA. Needless to say, it didn't happen as arranged. We located his hotel suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and the most appalling animal noises were coming from behind the door. We knocked and he opened it in his underpants. We said, "We're from the Radio Times in London, Mr Jagger'. He looked us up and down for a minute and said, "Blimey, is all this coming out of my licence money?" [Later] the photographer couldn't move his tripod because it became snared in some knickers on the floor. We departed utterly wrecked.'


John Huddy (art dealer)

'I bumped into him in Nepal, where he was en route to his wedding in Bali. He seemed like he really wanted to talk to someone. He was going to Everest and Bhutan. He wore shorts, a T-shirt, a panama hat and had a Fodor's guide to Nepal in his hand - quite the regular tourist.'


Sir Bob Geldof

'I was eight years old, it was 1964, and I had my head stuck through the fire exit of the Adelphi Theatre in Dublin. Mick and Keith were balancing on the edge of the stage, pushing each other like kids, while Andrew Loog Oldham was in a back seat with his feet up, telling them to get on with their sound check. And Mick turned around and howled "F- Off!" to him. It was f-ing thrilling for me. I took home a cup and saucer that Mick had drunk out of - and I've kept it to this day. When I socialise with him now and we're having a cuppa, I love him still but there's no f-ing way I'd take his cup away with me.'


Mick Taylor (manager of the Mick Jagger Centre)

'We're an arts centre linked with the site of Dartford Grammar School, Mick's old school. The local symphony orchestra rehearses here and Mick has been incredibly supportive. I asked for one year's funding and he said, "Make it two."'


Keith Badgery (ex-driver)

'Mick swans around, jumping on private jets or Concorde. Yet he'll moan about how much a hay-fever drug costs in Britain and wait until he goes to the States to buy it. After their split, Mick wouldn't pay the bill for Jerry's journeys with me. A few times the invoice came back saying, "Don't charge Mick for that, that's Jerry."' lucy bannell journalist 'I was strolling around Kew Gardens when I spotted Mick Jagger walking towards me. In a star-struck way I squeaked, "Oh, hello." He looked me straight in the eye and said, "F- off." I remember turning bright red.'


Toby Young (author)

'I "snogged" and later took out a girl who gently explained to me that she couldn't really get involved with me because she was involved with another man, an extremely famous and virile man who had a bit of a reputation as a ladies' man but whose friends had all told her that it was different with her, serious. She said he had "the sexual stamina of a 17-year-old boy." Then to my shock it turned out that the third corner of this love triangle was Mick Jagger. Passed over for a grandfather - bit of a blow.'


Ahmet Ertegun (founder of Atlantic Records)

'I originally met him at a party, the first time the Stones came to America, long before I worked with him. And my first thought was that he just looked great, wonderful. You see, both women and men took to Mick. Baryshnikov felt the same as me. I once ran into Baryshnikov in a Washington hotel lobby and invited him to a Stones concert and he was flabbergasted. Afterwards he told Mick, "There's only two people who can dance like that - you and me."'


Marsha Hunt (mother of Mick's first daughter Karis)

'Mick and I only had approximately nine months together. But had it only been one night it would have been enough. Know what I mean?'

Great post chii, that was an enjoyable read...many thanks