The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
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.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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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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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’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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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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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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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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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 open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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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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