'We are living in a cultural dark age of musical pollution. You put the radio on and five minutes later you need an aspirin' - Vangelis.
'I learned an invaluable lesson from a kid in Argentina when we were playing Buenos Aires in 2002. I came out of the hotel and this 16-year-old-boy asked me to sign his copy of my Six Wives of Henry VIII album. As I was signing it I asked him 'what does a 16 year-old like about this old music?' and he looked at me, quite hurt, and said, 'it might be old to you, Mr Wakeman, but I only heard it for the first time last week. When you hear something for the first time, it's new.' I've never forgotten that.' - Rick Wakeman
'Success is buried in the garden of failure.' - Rick Wakeman
'Tales from Topographic Oceans is like a woman's padded bra.' - Rick Wakeman
Not a musical quote but one I have always found fascinating - from the movie about Diana.
'Somewhere beyond right or wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there.' - Rumi
'I learned an invaluable lesson from a kid in Argentina when we were playing Buenos Aires in 2002. I came out of the hotel and this 16-year-old-boy asked me to sign his copy of my Six Wives of Henry VIII album. As I was signing it I asked him 'what does a 16 year-old like about this old music?' and he looked at me, quite hurt, and said, 'it might be old to you, Mr Wakeman, but I only heard it for the first time last week. When you hear something for the first time, it's new.' I've never forgotten that.' - Rick Wakeman
'Success is buried in the garden of failure.' - Rick Wakeman
'Tales from Topographic Oceans is like a woman's padded bra.' - Rick Wakeman
Not a musical quote but one I have always found fascinating - from the movie about Diana.
'Somewhere beyond right or wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there.' - Rumi
Somewhere between right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there - Rumi