INTRODUCTION: THE ROLLING STONES

You don't grow up with the Rolling Stones. If you’re like me, they’re just there, as always, working on the new album, maybe planning a summer tour. Sometimes you think about them, sometimes you don’t. And maybe that’s what makes them so important: you can’t throw away a part of your life.

Everybody’s got their own stories. I'm 27. When I was 11,1 traded my copy of “Your Nose Is Gonna Grow” for “Time Is On My Side.” Crumbled up the picture sleeve and stuck the 45 in my record box, too. Later, when I was old enough, my mother handed me $2.99 in a department store and told me I could buy any album I wanted. Came back with a copy of Got Live If You Want It, it had all the hits. “Oh David," said mom, “not these people!”