74 Quotes by Rick Wakeman

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.

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

I didn't enjoy 'Topographic Oceans' at all. It was a double album, and the truth is it was padded out, and I didn't like that. But I was a fan of Yes - still am - and as such, I'm entitled to say what I think.

If he had been British he would have been knighted for sure and been Sir Bob.

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

He calls up regularly to find out what pieces I'm going to play so he can bring the right legs. You couldn't make this stuff up.

Ive been married three times and divorced three times.

Country and western is the music of the devil. Thats the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldnt handle it.