My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
BILL WYMANIf 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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The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.
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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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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 love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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I always got great respect as a bass player.
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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 am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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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 have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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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 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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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 don’t make any money.
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