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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.

Bill Wyman

The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
BILL WYMAN

Gigs Odd Small Stones
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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Kings Music Song
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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Adulation Shadow Shy
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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Book Giving Research
You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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Dig Going Knows Next
I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.
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Kings Rolling Work
I don’t make any money.
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Any Business Make Money
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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Boards Sound Use
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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Done Everything Stones Time
If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do all the things, there is no freedom.
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Ideas People Song
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.
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Boards Player Sound
I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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Men My Own Stones
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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Albums Frustrated Song
I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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Hobbies Interesting Photography
I always got great respect as a bass player.
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Bass Player Respect
I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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Kings Love Play

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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