I had just left Yes and had done a concert at Crystal Palace, South London, with a choir and orchestra playing my solo album 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth' when I had my heart attack. That day, I… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
I'm hugely fond of Scotland. My daughter, Jemma, was born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, and it always tickled me that she was so vexed she didn't have a Scottish accent even though she was brought up… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
Even the two times that I left, I never really felt like I left the band. It's very bizarre. It's like there's sort of… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One. — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
My mother had never had a day's illness in her life and never thought to have checks. Then, at 78, she discovered she had… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
I was 65 in May, and when I have just shaved, I see my father. I realise that I now have the same facial… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
My eyes are green, and in one of them there is a splash of brown - apparently it is not a colour, but a… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer. — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
I've got an overactive brain. I enjoy work, I enjoy life, and I'm not good at relaxing. I've also never slept very much due… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
I cut out bread, I don't eat after 6 P.M., and I go on walks, and it's had a great effect. — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral! — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
