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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’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.
BILL WYMAN

Adulation Shadow Shy
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
I don’t make any money.
BILL WYMAN

Any Business Make Money
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
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
BILL WYMAN

Done Everything Stones Time
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
BILL WYMAN

Kings Music Song
I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
BILL WYMAN

Men My Own Stones
I always got great respect as a bass player.
BILL WYMAN

Bass Player Respect
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 open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
BILL WYMAN

Museums Photography Work
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.
BILL WYMAN

Advertising Thirty Twenties
My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
BILL WYMAN

Celebrity Famous Firsts Person Records
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
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
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
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 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’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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