Bill Wyman Quotes

"I live in a house that was built in 1480. It has a moat around it. It is like a little baby castle."

"The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could."

"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."

"I think anyone would want to see their favorite band in a small club over a large stadium."

"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."

"I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography."

"I have found two Roman sites in the area that I live in."

"My first record I owned was by Les Paul."

"I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings."

"The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that."

"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."

"I didn't want to stay in the Stones, and be stuck in a position having to play a music I didn't like anymore and that restricted me from doing all the others things I'm interested in because of time."

"Everything had to be done in-between Stones time."

"With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs."

"I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones."

"I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on."

"I always got great respect as a bass player."

"I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography."

"I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll."

"I don't make any money."