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.
BILL WYMANYou never know what your next dig is going to find.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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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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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 love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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I always got great respect as a bass player.
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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’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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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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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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My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
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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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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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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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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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