I always got great respect as a bass player.
BILL WYMANI live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
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Because of the fashion, the young people don’t have any access to the history of music, unless people like me revive it. There are very few people to revive it, because you can’t earn any money doing it.
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The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
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Companies spend twenty, thirty, forty percent of revenues on advertising to brand their product and to get, essentially, acquire customers cheaply. You get a lot of exposure on something like this.
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You’re always frustrated, you don’t have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.
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I’m always shy in front of an audience, so I’m always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don’t like the front, the adulation.
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When I record in a studio I don’t use an amp. I go directly into the board, so I can get that very fat, full sound – which is my favorite sound.
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All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in the written word better than I could.
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I’m not an upfront person. Being upfront is not my forte. I’m quite happy to stay in the back there with the drums, where I belong.
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I can’t really sing and play live, because I can’t play bass efficiently and sing at the same time. If I concentrated on the vocals, I’d mess up the bass, and if I concentrated on the bass, I’d forget the lines.
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I don’t make any money.
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My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
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