It’s all right leaping about the stage when you’re 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
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 WYMANI open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
BILL WYMANI am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
BILL WYMANThe Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
BILL WYMANI have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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 WYMANI 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.
BILL WYMANI’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 WYMANYou never know what your next dig is going to find.
BILL WYMANWith the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
BILL WYMANWhen 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 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 WYMANI always got great respect as a bass player.
BILL WYMANI had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
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 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.
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