Last night at a party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in NYC, Keith Richards was awarded the Mailer Prize for Distinguished Biography for his bestselling memoir Life.
According to The San Francisco Chronicle, Richards made quite the scene as the only rocker at the literary event. The Chronicle wrote: “Wearing tinted glasses, a long scarf around his neck and a wide red band around his sprawl of salt and pepper hair, Richards stood before hundreds dressed in suits and gowns at the Mandarin Hotel in Manhattan and loosened up as if presiding over a celebrity roast. He chuckled. He swore. “
Bill Clinton introduced Richards to the stage where he joked about his past drug addictions, saying: “You’ve heard from some incredible people about some serious stuff. The only serious stuff I’m interested in I’ve given up.”