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.
BILL WYMANI love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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 have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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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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My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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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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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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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 am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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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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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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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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The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
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I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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I always got great respect as a bass player.
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