Bill Wyman's Quotes
Born: 1936-10-24
Profession: Musician
Nation: British
Biography of Bill Wyman
If you are any competent musician, if you have creative ideas, ideas of songs, of arrangements, in a band like the Stones, where these 2 people do all the things, there is no freedom.
Tags: Creative, Freedom, IdeasYou'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.
Tags: Chance, Everybody, SongBut 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?
Tags: Music, Why, YoungI always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.
Tags: Listen, Music, WorkingI 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.
Tags: Done, Proud, WorkI am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
Tags: StonesI don't make any money.
Tags: MoneyI had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
Tags: After, Thought, TimeI have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
Tags: Archeology, HobbiesI live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle.
Tags: Baby, Castle, HouseI think anyone would want to see their favorite band in a small club over a large stadium.
Tags: Anyone, Band, SmallI'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.
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The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.
Tags: Dizzy, Heard, RecordsThere are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that applies to any musician.
Tags: Musician, ProudWith the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
Tags: Choice, Music, Songs