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I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.

Bill Wyman

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 WYMAN

Boards Player Sound
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
BILL WYMAN

Done Everything Stones Time
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.
BILL WYMAN

Ideas People Song
I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
BILL WYMAN

Kings Love Play
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
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
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.
BILL WYMAN

Book Giving Research
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?
BILL WYMAN

Music Radio Years
I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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Bass Musician Play
I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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Hobbies Interesting Photography
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
I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
BILL WYMAN

Men My Own Stones
You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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Dig Going Knows Next
I don’t make any money.
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Any Business Make Money
I always got great respect as a bass player.
BILL WYMAN

Bass Player Respect
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

Boards Sound Use

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