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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.

Bill Wyman

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.
BILL WYMAN

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

Moving Time Years
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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Albums Frustrated Song
I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
BILL WYMAN

Hobbies Interesting Photography
I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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Bass Musician Play
I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
BILL WYMAN

Kings Love Play
I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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Men My Own Stones
I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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Museums Photography Work
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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Boards Player Sound
I can’t really sing and play live, because I can’t play bass efficiently and sing at the same time. If I concentrated on the vocals, I’d mess up the bass, and if I concentrated on the bass, I’d forget the lines.
BILL WYMAN

Bass Efficiency Lines Play Vocal
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
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.
BILL WYMAN

Fashion Few People Person Young
I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
BILL WYMAN

Baby Girl House
It’s all right leaping about the stage when you’re 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
BILL WYMAN

Dumb Embarrassing Funny
You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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Dig Going Knows Next
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.
BILL WYMAN

Drums Belong Forte Persons Upfront

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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