With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
BILL WYMANI am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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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 open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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I don’t make any money.
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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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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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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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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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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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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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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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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 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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