Rick Wakeman Quotes

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Rick Wakeman

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 18, 1949

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

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 it.

Rick Wakeman

I had joined Yes in 1971. I was a classically trained musician who had worked with numerous artists as a session musician. I played on David Bowie's 'Life On Mars,' Cat Stevens's 'Morning Has Broken' and even on some Des O'Connor records, though I kept that quiet.

Rick Wakeman

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 in many respects. I was unique in the band as a card-carrying Conservative.

Rick Wakeman

Since the 1980s, I've been known more for my TV work, I used to host 'Live at Jongleurs' and of course 'Grumpy Old Men,' and so it's really all come from there. It's been a funny career really, there are people that know me now as a TV person, a comedian, an interviewer - I've had people genuinely gobsmacked to find out I am a musician.

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

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

Rick Wakeman