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.
BILL WYMANAll 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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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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I always got great respect as a bass player.
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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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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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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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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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You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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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 always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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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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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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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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The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
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