Mick Jagger reacts to Keith Richards' new book

Who's serving who here? Hard to tell. Below is an excerpt from a letter from Mick to the Stones' bassist, who was also keeper of the bands' archives. It was unintentionally also sent to a journalist with Slate who shares the same name, Bill Wyman.

I am, I see here, marginally endowed, if I read Keith's sniggering aright. I do not sing well, either. I am not polite to employees; indeed, I have even been known to say, "Oh, shut up, Keith," in band meetings. I do not appreciate the authenticity of the music or the importance of what we do. I want to "lord it over" the band, like James Brown. I am "insufferable." I slept with Anita.

Most of that is in just the first quarter of this overlong book, but a tattoo of my failings sounds all through it and culminates in almost 20 full pages of rambling invective near the end.

You can read the full piece here, it's certainly worth it.

*From Slate.com