Post by Charli on Mar 30, 2008 18:59:51 GMT 2
Here are some quotations various insiders of the whole Sixties Stones circle said about Anita's relationship to the members of the band.
There are bits of nice characterisations of Anita, espacially in the first one:
"Mick resents being told anything by a woman. But if anybody could tell him something it was Anita. When Anita was constructive she could really be funny. She'd make suggestions in the studio that would be half serious and half funny but they were good suggestions. You could see the hairs on the back of Mick's neck just RISE." ~ Ian Stewart
"One night at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles, Brian and Anita had to get off by beating the nuts out of each other. He'd take a chair and bash it over her head. Cary Grant is in the next bungalow. He doesn't want to hear you f**kin' thingy and televisions being smashed over champagne and caviar... Anita IS a Rolling Stone. She's a rebel, she's outrageous, she's a clown, and she's f**kin' crazy." ~Michael Gruber, Stones' touring manager (1965-66)
"Just because a chick leaves somebody to go with somebody else is no reason to feel guilty. It happens all the time. It could have been someone 12 000 miles away, but it happened to be the guy who stood on the other side of Mick (Jagger) onstage. And that's that." ~ Keith Richards, on Anita Pallenberg leaving Brian Jones for him
"Anita IS a Rolling Stone. She, Mick, Keith and Brian were the Rolling Stones. Anita is not a wife of. Her influence has been profound. She keeps things crazy. It's a totally different situation when she's around. If you have Keith by himself it's easy because you're dealing with a rational human being. In some ways Anita is very unconscious in a sense where she's almost primeval." ~ Jo Bergman, Stones' personal assistant (1967-73)
"Anita is particularly good for Keith 'cause if he can't be bothered SHE certainly can. Anita is a rebel. She believes as soon as a system is established you have to fight against it. Anita is a very good influence on Keith. I don't think she has a lot of influence on his decisions, but she influences his thinking." ~ Alexis Korner, musician critical in the Stones' beginnings (1962)
"I don't consider myself separated from Anita or anything. She's still the mother of my kids. Anita is a great, great woman. She's a fantastic person, I love her. I just can't LIVE with her, you know?" ~ Keith Richards, 1981
"Then (Brian) was with Suki (Poitier). She made him happy, I think. Maybe she was the next best thing to Anita. I think that's what he was so after. She looked like Anita in the earlier days. They looked like sisters... They
seemed happy. But I think that was the thing with Brian, losing Anita." ~ Shirley Arnold, Stones' secretary (1964-1972)
"Anita and I, in the 60s, were never interested in marriage. It seemed an archaic and dumb thing to do just to have a child... And Patti and I have a different relationship... And If I'm gonna try anything once, it's gonna be with this chick." ~ Keith Richards, 1984, on getting married to Patti Hansen
Source: www.timeisonourside.com/girls.html
Charli
There are bits of nice characterisations of Anita, espacially in the first one:
"Mick resents being told anything by a woman. But if anybody could tell him something it was Anita. When Anita was constructive she could really be funny. She'd make suggestions in the studio that would be half serious and half funny but they were good suggestions. You could see the hairs on the back of Mick's neck just RISE." ~ Ian Stewart
"One night at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles, Brian and Anita had to get off by beating the nuts out of each other. He'd take a chair and bash it over her head. Cary Grant is in the next bungalow. He doesn't want to hear you f**kin' thingy and televisions being smashed over champagne and caviar... Anita IS a Rolling Stone. She's a rebel, she's outrageous, she's a clown, and she's f**kin' crazy." ~Michael Gruber, Stones' touring manager (1965-66)
"Just because a chick leaves somebody to go with somebody else is no reason to feel guilty. It happens all the time. It could have been someone 12 000 miles away, but it happened to be the guy who stood on the other side of Mick (Jagger) onstage. And that's that." ~ Keith Richards, on Anita Pallenberg leaving Brian Jones for him
"Anita IS a Rolling Stone. She, Mick, Keith and Brian were the Rolling Stones. Anita is not a wife of. Her influence has been profound. She keeps things crazy. It's a totally different situation when she's around. If you have Keith by himself it's easy because you're dealing with a rational human being. In some ways Anita is very unconscious in a sense where she's almost primeval." ~ Jo Bergman, Stones' personal assistant (1967-73)
"Anita is particularly good for Keith 'cause if he can't be bothered SHE certainly can. Anita is a rebel. She believes as soon as a system is established you have to fight against it. Anita is a very good influence on Keith. I don't think she has a lot of influence on his decisions, but she influences his thinking." ~ Alexis Korner, musician critical in the Stones' beginnings (1962)
"I don't consider myself separated from Anita or anything. She's still the mother of my kids. Anita is a great, great woman. She's a fantastic person, I love her. I just can't LIVE with her, you know?" ~ Keith Richards, 1981
"Then (Brian) was with Suki (Poitier). She made him happy, I think. Maybe she was the next best thing to Anita. I think that's what he was so after. She looked like Anita in the earlier days. They looked like sisters... They
seemed happy. But I think that was the thing with Brian, losing Anita." ~ Shirley Arnold, Stones' secretary (1964-1972)
"Anita and I, in the 60s, were never interested in marriage. It seemed an archaic and dumb thing to do just to have a child... And Patti and I have a different relationship... And If I'm gonna try anything once, it's gonna be with this chick." ~ Keith Richards, 1984, on getting married to Patti Hansen
Source: www.timeisonourside.com/girls.html
Charli
Thank you for the link.