Rolling Stones' Richards dishes on Jagger in memoir

Keith Richards says the Rolling Stones almost imploded because Mick Jagger thought he was "bigger than the Stones." The pair's stormy relationship is described in Richards' memoir "Life," which will be published Tuesday, The Associated Press reports.

Richards, 66, told the BBC yesterday that Jagger, 67, took control of the band during the 1980s and would not relinquish it. He said Jagger's behavior "started at first to annoy me and then slowly enraged me."

But he said the pair are still friends, half a century after they bonded over a love of American blues music. He said that "nobody has the perfect marriage" but they had healed the wounds of the past.

The guitarist also said heroin and other drugs had helped him cope with fame. He said that "fame is probably a bigger killer than drugs in my game."