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.
BILL WYMANThe Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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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 had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
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I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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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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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 open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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I always got great respect as a bass player.
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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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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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But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old – apart from a few hits – is never played on radio to the young public?
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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