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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 amazing - incredibly different. — Rick Wakeman

I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited. — Rick Wakeman

I am a Yes fan, ultimately. I've been a member of the band, but I was always a fan of the band first. — Rick Wakeman

The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage. — Rick Wakeman

I would have done higher than that ... I would have set it higher. — Duane Chapman

My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer. — Rick Wakeman

Apparently I'm well-known for my stories, my raconteur tales, that sort of thing. — Rick Wakeman

Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds. — Rick Wakeman

True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes. — Dalai Lama

Pain is like fabric: The stronger it is, the more it's worth. — John Green

However much we know about birth in general, we know nothing about a particular birth. We must let it unfold with its own uniqueness. — Elizabeth Noble

Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One. — Rick Wakeman

The literary interview won't tell you what a writer is like. Far more compellingly to some, it will tell you what a writer is like to interview. — Martin Amis

Whether you believe something possible or impossible -- either way, you will be right. — Cy Wakeman

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits. — Rick Wakeman

We never do great things without trying. — Reinhard Bonnke

Success is buried in the garden of failure. — Rick Wakeman

I hate politicians. I hate politics. But if I start to go into politics, I think I believe that I can serve more, I can help more people. — Manny Pacquiao

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. — Rick Wakeman

When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd. — Rick Wakeman

I've been married three times and divorced three times. — Rick Wakeman

I am a very extreme sort of character, as I don't do things by halves. — Rick Wakeman

I'm a Freemason, and we love to celebrate Burns' night: piping in the haggis, the whole lot. — Rick Wakeman

No nation can be free if it oppresses other nations. — Friedrich Engels

My dad died in 1980, and I found out afterwards from mum that my piano lessons, which cost Â£2 a week, took up nearly a third of his income. — Rick Wakeman

When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral! — Rick Wakeman

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

I'm always writing or playing because that is my life. — Rick Wakeman

'Tales From Topographic Oceans' is like a woman's padded bra. The cover looks good, but when you peel off the padding, there's not a lot there. — Rick Wakeman

There's a fine line between angry and grumpy. Angry isn't nice, but grumpy is funny. — Rick Wakeman

Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it. You have to expose who you are so that you can determine what you need to become. — Cynthia A. Patterson

I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago ... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it. — Rick Wakeman