THE STONES ON.. Keith and his shyness

MICK: “He is terribly shy. As I knew him as a child and growing up to be a teenager, I know what he is really, really like. Nobody knows him from that period except for me,

I think. You can see from the interviews he is introverted naturally. I think if you are an extrovert in showbusiness you are in a good place. If you are an introvert it will probably cause you some anguish or some discomfort or anxiety.”

KEITH: “When it comes to shyness I don’t really know where to put it. I sometimes think I use it as a weapon. You get shy of these crowds and stuff.

“I would have been quite happy to make all these records totally anonymously but, of course, that is not possible. You have got to get out there and put yourself out. I quite enjoyed that but I guess my refuge was heroin, it was drugs and there I stayed as long as I could.”