THE STONES ON.. Mick and Keith’s relationship

MICK: “The thing about bands is that it is a band. It is a collection of individuals. People say, ‘Oh, you are just like brothers, it is like a family.’ It is not like a family at all. I actually have a brother and I know what it is like to have a brother and it is not like being with Keith at all. It is friendship and working together. As in friendships or love affairs, people have roles to play but those roles change. It is in a state of flux so it is never the same.” KEITH: “It is like, ‘Oh, they have had an argument. Oh, my God.’ I mean it is all storms in tea cups. Before I know it, Mick and I are having to make up fights just to keep everybody happy, you know? So it gets ridiculous. No, we are tight.”

Ronnie on healing rift between Mick and Keith in the 80s.

RONNIE: “I rang Mick and said, ‘If I got Keith in 15 minutes, would you talk to him?’ He said, ‘Yeah, I would.’ So I prepared the ground. I had to keep this thing in motion, whatever it takes. There is a bond that can’t be broken.”