My sweetie found EC's autobiography at a book sale.

Hard to put down, and I just got started reading it...!
So many interesting bits, regardless of what you think of E.C.: from the early days of Brit rock to how "Blackie" came to be, quite a few charming ladies. Everybody pretty much knew and payed with everybody back then, it seems.

"95% of the music out there is rubbish, only 5% is worth something"

Overall, one gets a sense that, like with so many other talented people, there are bits of borderline traits going on, fueling the creative juices, perhaps?