Marianne Faithfull: Muse, Co-Writer, and the Woman in the Fur Rug at the Redlands Bust

Marianne Faithfull wasn’t just Mick Jagger’s girlfriend from 1966 to 1970—she was a walking influence on some of the Rolling Stones’ most vulnerable songs. She introduced Jagger to French symbolist poetry, pushed him toward more literary lyrics, and was the subject (or co-writer) of tracks like “Wild Horses,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and the harrowing “Sister Morphine,” which she actually helped write but didn’t get a credit for until decades later. The relationship pulled Jagger away from simple blues-rock and into the druggy, decadent bo