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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.

Bill Wyman

I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
BILL WYMAN

Hobbies Interesting Photography
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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Advertising Thirty Twenties
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.
BILL WYMAN

Drums Belong Forte Persons Upfront
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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Boards Sound Use
I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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Museums Photography Work
I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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Bass Musician Play
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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Music Radio Years
I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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Men My Own Stones
I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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Kings Love Play
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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Fashion Few People Person Young
I always got great respect as a bass player.
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Bass Player Respect
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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Bass Efficiency Lines Play Vocal
I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
BILL WYMAN

Moving Time Years
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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Dumb Embarrassing Funny
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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Ideas People Song
I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
BILL WYMAN

Baby Girl House

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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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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