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Top 20 Rick Wakeman Quotes (2025 Update)

Rick Wakeman Quote: “Success is buried in the garden of failure.”

1. “Success is buried in the garden of failure.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.”

2. “The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd.”

3. “When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “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.”

4. “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.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.”

5. “The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “Ive been married three times and divorced three times.”

6. “Ive been married three times and divorced three times.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “I’m always writing or playing because that is my life.”

7. “I’m always writing or playing because that is my life.”

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Rick Wakeman Quote: “My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.”

8. “My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.”

9. “My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “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.”

10. “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

Rick Wakeman Quote: “People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.”

11. “People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “I read numerous books – loads in fact – and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henrys old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.”

12. “I read numerous books – loads in fact – and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henrys old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One.”

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

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “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.”

14. “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

Rick Wakeman Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “When I die, I’ll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!”

17. “When I die, I’ll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “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.”

18. “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

Rick Wakeman Quote: “Country and western is the music of the devil. Thats the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldnt handle it.”

19. “Country and western is the music of the devil. Thats the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldnt handle it.”

— Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman Quote: “My earliest professional musical experiences were really as a session player, and every day was an adventure. Three sessions a day, every day, and you never knew who you would be working with until you arrived at the studio.”

20. “My earliest professional musical experiences were really as a session player, and every day was an adventure. Three sessions a day, every day, and you never knew who you would be working with until you arrived at the studio.”

— Rick Wakeman

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