Bill Wyman

“I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.”

“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.”

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

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

“I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.”

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

“My first record I owned was by Les Paul.”

“Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.”

“I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.”

“I always got great respect as a bass player.”

“But 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?”

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

“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.”

“You never know what your next dig is going to find.”

“There 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.”

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

“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.”

“I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.”

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

“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.”