LOS ANGELES — Former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman doesn’t like loud
rock music anymore because he can’t stand noise now as he is an old man.
The 88-year-old bassist said: “The older you get the less
you like volume, you don’t like noisy things anymore. There’s three things when
you get old - volume, height, you don’t like heights anymore, and you don’t
like speed. It’s weird.”
He added: “They’re the three things you don’t feel
comfortable with them. You’ll find that out when you get older, I can assure
you.”
Wyman’s will never go back on stage with his former Rolling
Stones bandmates Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, nor will he ever
play again with his own group The Rhythm Kings, reports mirror.co.uk.
He added: “I don’t play live anymore, too old. I’ve had
enough of hotels where there’s no heating, room service is not there when you
want it, you can’t get clothes washed.”
“I’ve been through that with The Stones for 30 years and The
Rhythm Kings for 20 years all over Europe and England and all that, it’s
enough, I don’t want to do that anymore. I’ve got better things to do with my
life now than stay in horrible hotels. If you’re travelling on the road you
have to stay in hotels, I just can’t abide them anymore.”
He played bass on The Rolling Stones album Hackney Diamonds,
appearing on the track Live By The Sword which also featured late drummer
Charlie Watts.
Wyman hasn’t been in The Rolling Stones since 1993, but he
still considers the band to be his family.
Talking on the Coolest Conversations In The Underground
Garage podcast, he said: “They’re family. I haven’t been in the band for 30-odd
years.”
“I was in the band for the first 30 years. Our children know
each other’s children and things. When Mick and Jerry’s children have birthdays
my children go and celebrate with them. It’s very much like a family, it sounds
a bit corny, but it is.
"It can’t be anything else when you’ve been together
for 30 years or more. It stays family. It’s the old adage, I like Aunty Ethel
and Uncle Fred, I’d love to meet them but I don’t want to see them every day of
the year. It’s a bit like that. I love the boys, but I’ve got a different life now.
But we’ve stayed friends and I’ve stayed close and we keep in touch.”
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