Cliff Williams Quotes

Cliff Williams

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 14, 1949

For decades, I've used flatwounds everywhere - studio and live. I prefer the punch and the fatness of a flatwound string. I played wires when I was younger, but they have too much clatter for what I want.

Cliff Williams

We started the 'Rock and Bust' tour without Phil, and it went from there. So it was a slow process for me in my own mind thinking: this is it, I'm done.

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My wife and I went and saw John McLaughlin years ago playing at some club, and it made me feel uncomfortable. It made me feel kinda twitchy. Too busy! My wife hated it, so we got out of there. So no, jazz is not for me. I know there's some awesome bass players there, though.

Cliff Williams

My first album with the band was 'Powerage,' and that was 1977. It was all new and fresh, and these people, I didn't know them, and Australia, and I'm from London, and there was the whole fitting in thing. They were great - very accepting.

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