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"By turns earnest and wicked, sweet and sarcastic and unsparing,Mr. Richards, now 66, writes with uncommon candor andimmediacy....He gives us an indelible, time-capsule feel for themadness that was life on the road with the Stones in the yearsbefore and after Altamont; harrowing accounts of his many closeshaves and narrow escapes (from the police, prison time, drughell); and a heap of sharp-edged snapshots of friends andcolleagues...But Life...is way more than a revealing showbizmemoir. It is also a high-def, high-velocity portrait of the erawhen rock 'n' roll came of age, a raw report from deep inside thecounterculture maelstrom of how that music swept like a tsunamiover Britain and the United States. It's an eye-opening all-nighterin the studio with a master craftsman disclosing the alchemicalsecrets of his art. And it's the intimate and moving story of oneman's long strange trip over the decades, told in dead-on, visceralprose without any of the pretense, caution or self-consciousnessthat usually attend great artists sitting for theirself-portraits....Mr. Richards has found a way to channel to thereader his own avidity, his own deep soul hunger for music and tomake us feel the connections that bind one generation of musiciansto another. Along the way he even manages to communicate somethingof that magic, electromagnetic experience of playing on stage withhis mates, be it in a little club or a huge stadium." (MichikoKakutani, The New York Times )

"One of the greatest rock memoirs ever....The title of Richards'book is a simple, accurate de*ion on the contents: the66-year-old guitarist's highs, lows and death-defying excesses,from birth to now, vividly related in his natural pirate-hipstercadence and syntax." (David Fricke, Rolling Stone)

"[Keith Richards has] been through quite a lot of phases. Andthey're all on the page in Life....All of this is recountedwith straight-up candor... But is there anything new that can besaid about the Stones anyway? As Life emphaticallydemonstrates, the answer is yes." (Janet Maslin, The New YorkTimes )

"You can't imagine that this book could be any better than itis...Keith holds nothing back. It's funny, gossipy, profane andmoving and by the time you finish it you feel like you're friendswith Keith Richards." (Will Dana, Rolling Stone)

"By turns earnest and wicked, sweet and sarcastic and unsparing,
Mr. Richards, now 66, writes with uncommon candor and
immediacy....He gives us an indelible, time-capsule feel for the
madness that was life on the road with the Stones in the years
before and after Altamont; harrowing accounts of his many close
shaves and narrow escapes (from the police, prison time, drug
hell); and a heap of sharp-edged snapshots of friends and
colleagues...But Life...is way more than a revealing showbiz
memoir. It is also a high-def, high-velocity portrait of the era
when rock 'n' roll came of age, a raw report from deep inside the
counterculture maelstrom of how that music swept like a tsunami
over Britain and the United States. It's an eye-opening all-nighter
in the studio with a master craftsman disclosing the alchemical
secrets of his art. And it's the intimate and moving story of one
man's long strange trip over the decades, told in dead-on, visceral
prose without any of the pretense, caution or self-consciousness
that usually attend great artists sitting for their
self-portraits....Mr. Richards has found a way to channel to the
reader his own avidity, his own deep soul hunger for music and to
make us feel the connections that bind one generation of musicians
to another. Along the way he even manages to communicate something
of that magic, electromagnetic experience of playing on stage with
his mates, be it in a little club or a huge stadium." (Michiko
Kakutani, The New York Times ) 
 
"One of the greatest rock memoirs ever....The title of Richards'
book is a simple, accurate de*ion on the contents: the
66-year-old guitarist's highs, lows and death-defying excesses,
from birth to now, vividly related in his natural pirate-hipster
cadence and syntax." (David Fricke, Rolling Stone
) 
 
"[Keith Richards has] been through quite a lot of phases. And
they're all on the page in Life....All of this is recounted
with straight-up candor... But is there anything new that can be
said about the Stones anyway? As Life emphatically
demonstrates, the answer is yes." (Janet Maslin, The New York
Times ) 
 
"You can't imagine that this book could be any better than it
is...Keith holds nothing back. It's funny, gossipy, profane and
moving and by the time you finish it you feel like you're friends
with Keith Richards." (Will Dana, Rolling Stone
) 
 
"Entertaining...a slurry romp through the life of a man who knew
every pleasure, denied himself nothing, and never paid the price."
(David Remnick, The New Yorker ) 
 
"Why does Keith want to undercut his legend? Because he has much
better stories to tell. And in Life, the 547-page memoir he
wrote with James Fox, he serves them up like his guitar riffs--in
your face, nasty, confrontational, rich, smart, and, in the end,
unforgettable....His story slows as it approaches the present, and
you start to wonder if this Peter Pan life can get to its end
without real pain....But mostly, you wish you could go back to the
beginning of Life and start again." (Jesse Kornbluth,
The Huffington Post ) 
 
"What kind of celebrity autobiography is his Life? A
remarkable one. One that reveals Mr. Richards in far greater depth
and detail than any fan of the Rolling Stones or rock music could
have hoped for...Mr. Richards writes with disarming introspection
about his childhood, family and fame. And it's quite likely that no
rock musician has ever written so keenly about the joys of making
music. With a warm sense of humor and willingness to share his
grief, Mr. Richards in Life defies almost every public
perception about him." (Jim Fusilli, The Wall Street
Journal ) 
 
"Life, a firsthand journey from wartime London through the
wilder parts of the 1960s and 1970s and beyond, could as easily be
filed among the works of Richards' friend William Burroughs as
alongside the memoirs of Bob Dylan or Eric Clapton.... It's the
rare rock memoir with recipes (for bangers, English sausages),
guidelines on street brawling (flash the knife as a decoy, then
kick your enemy where it hurts) and staying awake for days....
Life is like the ultimate Keith Richards album." (Hillel
Italie, Associated Press ) 
 
"A vivid self-portrait and, of the Stones and their musical era, a
grand group portrait. Surely thanks in part to his co-writer James
Fox, Richards shows a strong, sure authorial voice, acute in
detail, passionate about his achievements in music and nearly
always amused by his excesses, not least in having survived
them....spellbinding storytelling." (Richard Corliss, TIME
Magazine ) 
 
"The twinkle from Keith Richards's eye throughout his autobiography
Life is as distinctive as his famous guitar riffs in
'Jumpin' Jack Flash.'" (David Hinckley, New York Daily
News ) 
 
"Rollicking and raw." (Andrew Abrahams, People
) 
 
"Richards' authorial voice is evident on almost every page and,
like his singing one, it is both an entertaining and an
ever-wandering instrument....he not only has the best tunes, he
also knows how to tell the best tales." (Clark Collis,
Entertainment Weekly ) 
 
"[Keith Richards has] created an insightful narrative--a story of
fame, struggling with demons, and rock and roll....an opus on a
lifetime of brutal honesty, an all-encompassing account of what
it's been like to be one of the coolest rock stars in the world."
(Kevin Fallon, The Atlantic ) 
 
"The most scabrously honest and essential rock memoir in a
long time....the voice that emerges is unmistakably the dark
lord's: growly and profane and black with comedy." (Lou Bayard,
The Washington Post ) 
 
"[A] fast-paced, pull-no-punches autobiography... Richards is at
his best when digging into the reasons he plays music, and how he
creates it." (The Chicago Tribune ) 
 
 
 
"Life covers all the bases: sex, drugs, guitar riffs... the
book, which already seems to have earned a place in the admittedly
small canon of genuinely great rock lit, is dishy but not lurid,
technical but not wonky. Richards' voice, filtered through Fox's
brain, is so relentlessly endearing, no less a critic than Maureen
Dowd has declared the prince of darkness a 'consummate gentleman.'"
(Rebecca Dana, The Daily Beast ) 
 
"Compelling, endearing, insightful, action-packed, graceful,
generous-spirited, unflinching, and funny... Life
distinguishes itself as a singularly entertaining and intelligent
kind of music book. With the help, undoubtedly, of Fox in
unearthing decades-old memory-jarring diaries and letters, it works
as a lively you-are-there account of one man living through a
socially and culturally transformative time....I could go on and on
with the anecdotes and incidents from Life, but space
doesn't allow. Suffice it to say that if you're reading it in a
room with somebody else who cares about rock-and-roll, you'll want
to read something out loud every page and a half or so. I can't
remember ever enjoying a music memoir as much." (Dan DeLuca,
The Philadelphia Inquirer ) 
 
"[Richards] is funny, sharp, and insightful....the book is
an important addition to the canon of rock lit, chronicling not
just the life of an iconic musician and a seminal band but a
significant slice of the golden age of rock." (Carlo Wolf,
Boston Globe ) 
 
"As the legendary guitarist for the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards
has done more, been more and seen more than you or I will ever
dream of, and reading his autobiography, Life, should awaken
(if you have a pulse and an I.Q. north of 100) a little bit of the
rock star in you.... Music is at the core of Life, as it is
at the core of Keith.... Believe me, you won't want to miss a
thing. The most impressive part of Life is the wealth of
knowledge Keith shares, whether he's telling you how to layer an
acoustic guitar until it sounds electric, as he did on the classic
Stones track "Street Fighting Man," or how to win a knife fight. He
delivers recipe after recipe for everything rock 'n' roll, and let
me say it's quite an education....Reading Life is like
getting to corner Keith Richards in a room and ask him every?thing
you ever wanted to know about the Rolling Stones, and have him be
completely honest with you." (Liz Phair, The New York Times
Book Review ) 
 
"Fiercely entertaining and candid." (San Francisco
Chronicle )

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The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist,songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones.Ladies and gentlemen: Keith Richards.

With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created thesongs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock androll life.

Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in thecrossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and MuddyWaters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jaggerand Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notoriousdrug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero.Creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and"Honky Tonk Women." His relationship with Anita Pallenberg and thedeath of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of theU.S., isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen.Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Marriage,family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and the road that goes onforever.

The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist,
songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones.
Ladies and gentlemen: Keith Richards. 
 With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the
songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and
roll life. 
 
Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the
crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy
Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger
and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notorious
drug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero.
Creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and
"Honky Tonk Women." His relationship with Anita Pallenberg and the
death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the
U.S., isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen.
Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Marriage,
family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and the road that goes on
forever. 
 
With his trademark disarming honesty, Keith Richard brings us the
story of a life we have all longed to know more of, unfettered,
fearless, and true.

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作者简介

Keith Richards was born in London in 1943. A guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and cofounder of the Rolling Stones, he has also released solo albums with his band, The X-Pensive Winos. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Patti Hansen.

James Fox was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945 and has known Keith Richards since the early 1970's when he was a journalist for the Sunday Times in London. His books include the international bestseller White Mischief. He lives in London with his wife and sons.

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