I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
BILL WYMANOnstage 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.
More Bill Wyman Quotes
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I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
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My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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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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You never know what your next dig is going to find.
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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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I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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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 don’t make any money.
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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 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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I always got great respect as a bass player.
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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.
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Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
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I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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