I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
BILL WYMANCompanies 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.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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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 am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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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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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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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’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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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 open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
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I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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I don’t make any money.
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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 never know what your next dig is going to find.
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