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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More Bill Wyman Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 got great respect as a bass player.
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I don’t make any money.
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I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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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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