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
blues introduced people stones
The Stones introduced all these young people to the blues music, and I'm doing the same thing.
maybe playing special tv year
If they were doing something special, like maybe a TV special for the year 2000, playing the old songs, then maybe I'll do it.
enjoying life
My life is really full. I am really enjoying it.
heard obscure people songs stones
People will say that they never heard any of those songs before but back then, no one had heard the obscure songs the Stones were doing.
music releasing solo tension
So I was releasing this tension with my solo albums, but I didn't want to play music just for money.
good hear mastered mastering mix record sounds
It's like a record, when you make a record and you mix it and it sounds good and then it's mastered and you hear the mastering when it's all been heightened and all that and it sounds better still - it's the same thing with a book.
great known people work
It's also great to work with people I've known for many years.
It wasn't the be all and end all of my life.
play lines bass
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.
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
music song kings
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
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.