To play music, you have to understand it. I didn't understand 'Topographic Oceans.' That's why I hardly played on it. It frustrated me no end - and playing the whole thing on tour, I got farther and farther away from… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
I'm a Freemason, and we love to celebrate Burns' night: piping in the haggis, the whole lot. — 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
