Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman
William George Wyman, known professionally as Bill Wyman, is an English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer best known as the bassist for the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. He has worked producing both records and film, and has scored music for film in movies and television...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth24 October 1936
music song kings
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
song frustrated albums
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.
song ideas people
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.
funny dumb embarrassing
It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
money
I don't make any money.
photography museums charity
I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
shadow shy adulation
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.
moving years stones
I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.
men stones my-own
I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.
book giving research
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.
kings done proud
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.
done stones
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
twenties advertising exposure
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.
stones gigs odd
The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.