Keith Richards on having Charlie Watts after beating cancer (2005):
“I don’t think that, between us, there was any doubt that Charlie would beat cancer. I wondered how long and debilitating it might be, which Charlie answered in spades when he came back. He looked exactly the same, like he hadn’t done anything more than comb his hair and puit a suit on… When he came in, we were still running down songs, rehearsing. You don’t usually go into fifth gear in rehearsal. You lay back a little. But Charlie came in as if to prove I’m back. He played every rehearsal like a show. “