--- title: "4 Bass Quotes By Bill Wyman" description: "4 Bass quotes by Bill Wyman. Plus more from Bill Wyman and more Bass sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/bill-wyman-17577_bass_onstage-i-like-to-play-with-a-an-18-inch_122503.jpg" --- > [Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/onstage-i-like-to-play-with-a-an-18-inch-speaker-which-very-few-bass/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/bill-wyman-17577_bass_onstage-i-like-to-play-with-a-an-18-inch_122503.jpg) > [I'm not a musician, I just play bass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-m-not-a-musician-i-just-play-bass/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/bill-wyman-17577_bass_i-m-not-a-musician-i-just-play-bass-2030_203070.jpg) > [I always got great respect as a bass player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-always-got-great-respect-as-a-bass-player/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/bill-wyman-17577_bass_i-always-got-great-respect-as-a-bass-pla_1574067.jpg) > [I can't really sing and play live, because I can't play bass efficiently and sing at the same time. If I concentrated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-can-t-really-sing-and-play-live-because-i-can-t-play-bass/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/bill-wyman-17577_bass_i-can-t-really-sing-and-play-live-becaus_3006481.jpg) ## Other authors on Bass ## More by Bill Wyman > [I have no restrictions, no limits, no musical history to live with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-have-no-restrictions-no-limits-no-musical-history-to-live-with/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/if-you-are-any-competent-musician-if-you-have-creative-ideas-ideas-of/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-had-a-wonderful-time-with-the-stones-but-after-31-years-i-thought/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/onstage-i-like-to-play-with-a-an-18-inch-speaker-which-very-few-bass/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [I'm not a musician, I just play bass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-m-not-a-musician-i-just-play-bass/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-always-say-that-i-am-very-proud-of-the-work-that-i-did-with-the/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [When I record in a studio I don't use an amp. I go directly into the board, so I can get that very fat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/when-i-record-in-a-studio-i-don-t-use-an-amp-i-go-directly-into-the/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [There are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/there-are-things-that-i-am-very-proud-of-and-there-are-things-that/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/the-first-records-i-heard-were-from-dizzy-gillespie-and-people-like/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-didn-t-want-to-stay-in-the-stones-and-be-stuck-in-a-position-having/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/i-am-much-more-my-own-man-than-i-was-when-i-was-with-the-stones/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/all-of-my-books-are-about-researching-i-do-all-the-research-and-i/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/it-s-all-right-leaping-about-the-stage-when-you-re-20-but-when-you/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/you-re-always-frustrated-you-don-t-have-the-chance-to-do-a-song-on/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) > [You could put Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley on one side of the stage, and James Brown on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/you-could-put-jerry-lee-lewis-little-richard-chuck-berry-and-bo/) [Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bass/bill-wyman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bass Quotes By Bill Wyman", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. 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