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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

Rick Wakeman

There must be something wrong with the mirrors in our house because every single one I gaze into makes me appear somewhat overweight.

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Rick Wakeman

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

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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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Rick Wakeman

I avoid preset sounds wherever possible, and all the sounds I use I have edited.

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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.

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My dad died in 1980, and I found out afterwards from mum that my piano lessons, which cost Â£2 a week, took up nearly a third of his income.

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

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As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie – a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist.

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Rick Wakeman

But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the ’70s and then how I’ve done things since. And there’s no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it’s like chalk and cheese.

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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.

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Rick Wakeman

Coming back to Yes is like never having left. Even when I have not been in the band, I have always felt part of it.

– Rick Wakeman

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