Occupation: Keyboard Player Birth: May 18, 1949
I'm always writing or playing because that is my life..
People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits..
I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it..
Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One..
My earliest professional musical experiences were really as a session player, and every day was an adventure. Three sessions a day, every day, and yo….
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 compar….
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 man….
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..
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 stretch….
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,….
Ive been married three times and divorced three times..
Tales From Topographic Oceans is like a woman's padded bra..
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 s….
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..
I learned an invaluable lesson from a kid in Argentina when we were playing Buenos Aires in 2002. I came out of the hotel and this 16-year-old-boy as….
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..
The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place..
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….
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 could….
When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!.
My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer..