I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
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.
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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.
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I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
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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 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 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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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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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 don’t make any money.
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
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I always got great respect as a bass player.
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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’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 love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.
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I’m not a musician, I just play bass.
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