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
age ageism coming kids press record
And the kids are going through their parents' record collections -- I say kids, but really it's everything from the age of 12 up to 20s -- and a lot of them are coming along, and they don't have the ageism thing that a lot of the press do.
english found guy hated people punk signed
People always said that I hated punk, and that really wasn't true. It was glossed over for many years that I was the guy who found the Tubes and signed them to A&M. English punk was a revolution.
everybody hold
Hold it a minute. This is what everybody is doing at home. Why aren't we doing it for them?
facial nose realise tilt
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.
airplay coming generation media radio whatever
The new generation is not coming from the media, from radio airplay or whatever because we don't get it,
entitled fan truth yes
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.
british sir sure
If he had been British he would have been knighted for sure and been Sir Bob.
sounds
I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited.
basically clear gone music rather saying stage
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.
amazing incredibly joined july supported yes
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.
bring calls pieces regularly stuff
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.
celebrate love
I'm a Freemason, and we love to celebrate Burns' night: piping in the haggis, the whole lot.
garden cities annoyed
I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting.
three married three-times
Ive been married three times and divorced three times.