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.
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.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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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 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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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 am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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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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I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
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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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The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they 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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I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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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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