Library fines can be added to Keith Richards list of infractions. He confessed in an interview with The Mirror to not returning a number of books to his local library in Dartford, England. Compounded fines are estimated anywhere from $4,500 to $30,000. In his 2011 biography he once considered being a librarian and recently sought “professional training” in the Dewey Decimal System to better manage his large personal collection. On many library web sites, Mr. Richards is reported to have said: “When you are growing up, there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.”
