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 brainconstantlydue Change image and share on social
But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great. Rick Wakeman callclassicalglam Change image and share on social
I had just left Yes and had done a concert at Crystal Palace, South London, with a choir and orchestra playing my solo album 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth' when I had my heart attack. That day, I hadn't been to bed for four days. I don't remember much. I felt very numb during the day and airy, which is the best way to describe it. Rick Wakeman airyalbumattack share on social
When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral! Rick Wakeman climbcoffindie Change image and share on social
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. Rick Wakeman englishfindgloss Change image and share on social
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 bandcardcarry Change image and share on social
I am a very extreme sort of character, as I don't do things by halves. Rick Wakeman characterextremehalve Change image and share on social
Even the two times that I left, I never really felt like I left the band. It's very bizarre. It's like there's sort of an umbilical cord that stretches between us spiritually. Rick Wakeman bandbizarrecord Change image and share on social
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 breastcancercheck share on social
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 burtonelementleave share on social