Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I’ve always had. It suits me admirably to do it like that, and I can imitate that sound by plugging directly into the board in the studio.
BILL WYMANThe 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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I open events for museums and I do charity work 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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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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You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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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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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
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I don’t make any money.
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It’s all right leaping about the stage when you’re 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
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I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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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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