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 WYMANEverything had to be done in-between Stones time.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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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 love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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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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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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I don’t make any money.
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You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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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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I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
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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 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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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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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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