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Rick Wakeman

"When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!"

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"When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!"

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Amber Hurdle

"If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards."

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"Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only."

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"I never practice; I always play."

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Amber Hurdle

"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."

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Amber Hurdle

"Well, I had a fiddle that I really can't play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he's from another planet."

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Amber Hurdle

"Even if Scrabble had been invented then, I wouldn't have wanted to play Scrabble, because the highest triple word score in the world would not have expressed how much I liked the game Natalie and I played every afternoon."

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Amber Hurdle

"I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else."

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Amber Hurdle

"I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore."

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Amber Hurdle

"You don't really know a song until you play it live."

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"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."
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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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"People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits."
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"My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer."
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"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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"I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it."
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"I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place."
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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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"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."
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"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."
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