Rick Wakeman

(8 votes)   But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great.

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(6 votes)   All my early attempts at writing helped me to slowly develop a style and a way of writing that worked within the way I was developing as a player.

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(6 votes)   I'm not saying I went on stage drunk, but once you've gone completely clear headed, basically the music is your stimulant rather than anything else.

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(5 votes)   Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it.

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(6 votes)   Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One.

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(6 votes)   As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist.

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(6 votes)   But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese.

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(6 votes)   Coming back to Yes is like never having left. Even when I have not been in the band, I have always felt part of it.

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(6 votes)   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 an umbilical cord that stretches between us spiritually.

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(6 votes)   I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it.

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(6 votes)   I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.

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(5 votes)   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 are in the first place.

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(5 votes)   I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting.

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(5 votes)   I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.

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(2 votes)   My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.

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