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Rick Wakeman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited.

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

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.

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

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

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

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

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

Rick Wakeman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Success is buried in the garden of failure.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.

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

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

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

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

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

I've been married three times and divorced three times.

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

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

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

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

Rick Wakeman quotes: 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.

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

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

Rick Wakeman quotes: I cut out bread, I don't eat after 6 P.M., and I go on walks, and it's had a great effect.

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 quotes: I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.

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

Rick Wakeman quotes: '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.

'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 quotes: There's a fine line between angry and grumpy. Angry isn't nice, but grumpy is funny.

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

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

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