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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.

Bill Wyman

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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Baby Girl House
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
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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Albums Frustrated Song
You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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Dig Going Knows Next
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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Adulation Shadow Shy
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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Drums Belong Forte Persons Upfront
My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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Celebrity Famous Firsts Person Records
I always got great respect as a bass player.
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Bass Player Respect
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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Done Everything Stones Time
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’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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Bass Musician Play
Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I’ve always had. It suits me admirably to do it like that, and I can imitate that sound by plugging directly into the board in the studio.
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Boards Player Sound
I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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Museums Photography Work
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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Kings Music Song
I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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Kings Love Play
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

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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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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