I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
BILL WYMANI had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
BILL WYMANI have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
BILL WYMANYou never know what your next dig is going to find.
BILL WYMANBecause 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.
BILL WYMANI live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
BILL WYMANOnstage 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 WYMANCompanies 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.
BILL WYMANIt’s all right leaping about the stage when you’re 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
BILL WYMANAll 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.
BILL WYMANI open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
BILL WYMANI love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
BILL WYMANIf 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.
BILL WYMANWith the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
BILL WYMANI always got great respect as a bass player.
BILL WYMANEverything had to be done in-between Stones time.
BILL WYMANI don’t make any money.
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