I always get the sense that Keith is jealous. I think he feels the Stones are greater than the Beatles, but knows the history books will always put the Liverpool lads first. It eats at him.
If the Lennon and McCartney didn’t let The Stones record their “I Wanna Be Your Man”, they might never have gotten off the ground.
The Rolling Stones stayed near the top for half a century, so in terms of longevity, they beat the Beatles hands down.
But if it were not for the Beatles phenomenon, the whole British Invasion would never have happened - and Keith Richards would have been a nobody.