top of page
Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman

"Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it."

Standard 
 Customized
"Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it."

More 

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"I listen to music constantly while writing."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Music heard so deeplyThat it is not heard at all, butyou are the musicWhile the music lasts."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Music is the language of the universe, which everyone, including all animals, can understand."

Author Name

Personal Development

Quote_1.png
Donna Grant

"Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once."

Author Name

Personal Development

More 

Quote_1.png
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."

Doubt

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One."

Years

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!"

Play

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it."

Time

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"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."

Music

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"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 Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period."

Books

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"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."

Adventure

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"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."

Class

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldn't handle it."

Music

Quote_1.png
Rick Wakeman
"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."

Play

bottom of page