"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."

First, Rules, Understanding

21

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"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."

Exlpore more First quotes

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

First, Illusion

"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

First, Mind, James M. Baldwin

"I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

First, Ireland

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

First, Universe

"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

First,

"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

First, Living

"The First Amendment is not without limits."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

First, Limits

"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

First,

"First of all - I only believe what I see."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

First,

"Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

First,

Explore more quotes by 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

"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

"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."

Gardening

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

Play

"People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits."

People

"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

"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

"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

"I'm always writing or playing because that is my life."

Life

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

Years