Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher "Rick" Wakemanis an English keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter, author, and actor. He is best known for being in the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004 and for his solo albums released in the 1970s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth18 May 1949
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There are people who think the film 'This Is Spinal Tap' is simply a very funny 'mockumentary.' Well, with Yes, we lived it. Take the hilarious scene in the film in which the bass player is trapped in a giant pod - that actually happened to Alan one night.
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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.
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All my early attempts at writing helped me to slowly develop a style and a way of writing that worked within the way I was developing as a player.
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The new generation is not coming from the media, from radio airplay or whatever because we don't get it,
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I am a Yes fan, ultimately. I've been a member of the band, but I was always a fan of the band first.
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I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited.
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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.
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Sunday's were musical evenings, as we didn't have a television in the early fifties. My uncle Stan would come over and play the ukulele as well.
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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.
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Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it.
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I bought a racehorse, Tropical Saint, that belonged to the Queen Mother. I used to go down to Banbury and watch him train, but during a televised race, his jockey pulled up and said there was something wrong. They put him in the grass to try and settle him but found him dead in the field.
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Hold it a minute. This is what everybody is doing at home. Why aren't we doing it for them?
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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.
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I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.