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Rick Wakeman

British Musician

Born: May 18, 1949

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

Funny Angry Nice Fine Fine Line Between Line Grumpy

I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ, perhaps. I would have loved to record with John Lennon. He was a dear friend. I had lunch with him just two days before he died. Rick Wakeman

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I was 65 in May, and when I have just shaved, I see my father. I realise that I now have the same facial idiosyncrasies he had: little twitches here and there, mouth and nose movements, even the way he would tilt his head. Rick Wakeman

I've got an overactive brain. I enjoy work, I enjoy life, and I'm not good at relaxing. I've also never slept very much due to this overactive imagination and my brain constantly thinking. Rick Wakeman

Life Work Good Enjoy Life Enjoy Thinking Imagination Slept Relaxing Constantly Never Also Got Due Brain Very Much

Sparks is a sporting charity that puts on golf tournaments for sick children, and my animal charities include Oldham Cats and Feline Care, a big cat charity close to me in Norfolk. I'm also a Freemason and the money they raise for charity is phenomenal. 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

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

Later Only Years Left Going Literally Then Twice Actually Two

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

Love Celebrate Lot Burns Whole Night

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

People Amazing Brits Frank Frank Zappa Like Were Us Zappa

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

Life Music Will My Life Part Observer Around Always Revolves Need

My earliest professional musical experiences were really as a session player, and every day was an adventure. Three sessions a day, every day, and you never knew who you would be working with until you arrived at the studio. Rick Wakeman

Day You Every Day Three Every Musical Would Would-Be Never Studio Knew Adventure Until Arrived Were Experiences Really Working Who Professional Earliest Player Session

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

Three Married Divorced Been Times

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

Life Writing My Life Because Always Playing

I was in and out of Yes six times. Someone once likened it to Liz Taylor and Richard Burton's marriage where we couldn't live with or without each other. There's an element of truth, and I last left in 2005. Rick Wakeman

Truth Marriage Live Other Once Out Someone Without Left Yes Times Six Where Richard Taylor Each Element Liz Last

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

Heart Bit Puritan He Rock Sounds His Roller

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. Rick Wakeman

Truth Truth Is Entitled Enjoy Think Say Out Like Am Still Oceans Yes Fan Double Padded Album

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

Great Walks Out Eat Had Go Effect Bread After Cut

My mother had never had a day's illness in her life and never thought to have checks. Then, at 78, she discovered she had breast cancer and passed away the next year. But if she'd had a check two years before, they could have done something about it, they could have saved her. Rick Wakeman

Life Day Mother Cancer Thought Year Before Saved About Something Could Never Had Check Checks She Passed Years Discovered Done Breast Cancer Then Next Next Year Illness Away Her Two

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

Life Morning Broken Numerous Though Musician Mars Some Records Joined David Cat Had Bowie Yes Trained Quiet Artists Worked Who Even Played Kept Session

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

First Band Member Always Am Been Ultimately Yes Fan

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

Tales Sort Stories Apparently Thing

I'm hugely fond of Scotland. My daughter, Jemma, was born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, and it always tickled me that she was so vexed she didn't have a Scottish accent even though she was brought up down south. Rick Wakeman

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