Rick Wakeman Quotes

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• My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at…
• When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!
• My dad died in 1980, and I found out afterwards from mum that my piano lessons, which cost £2 a week, took up nearly a…
• I bought a racehorse, Tropical Saint, that belonged to the Queen Mother. I used to go down to Banbury and watch him train, but during…
• I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited.
• I joined Yes in July 1971. I had heard Yes live, as Strawbs had supported them at a gig in Hull. I thought they were…
• Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds.
• There must be something wrong with the mirrors in our house because every single one I gaze into makes me appear somewhat overweight.
• I was 65 in May, and when I have just shaved, I see my father. I realise that I now have the same facial idiosyncrasies…
• My eyes are green, and in one of them there is a splash of brown - apparently it is not a colour, but a freckle!…
• Touring with Yes was generally great fun, and I got on well with the rest of the guys, but we were like chalk and cheese…
• I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ, perhaps. I would…
• I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules…

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