Rick Wakeman Quotes

I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.

My brain is just always going and going and going.

I have a mind that always wants to be busy.

The people who know me do not ask me about the next book or how it's going. They ask, 'Jason, are you sleeping?' because they know my brain will not shut down.

I get really weird when I'm not working. I have to keep working.

My mind is never stopping. I think, if you stop, you die. Maybe it is a problem for me - I have to talk to myself and say, 'Please stop. Switch off.'

My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

My mind is always racing.

I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.

I'm not very relaxed; I always need to be doing something.

On occasion, it's rough for me to sleep because I have a lot of things on my mind, so I'll need to get a little more sleep sometimes. I'm up late because I've got a lot of energy and a lot of things on my mind all the time, and I'm up early 'cause I've got things to do, so that's the only thing. That's how I like it; I like to be busy.

I get dissatisfied really easily, and I have to constantly keep moving; I have to constantly keep doing things. I find it very hard to switch off.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

It's tough to go to sleep at night, and I wake up after five hours because I feel like I'm wasting time. I just sit up at night and think about what I can do next.

On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me.

I think too much during my day-to-day life; I'm the guy who worries about everything.

My mind is always going.

Whenever I'm taking time off, all I'm thinking about is working.

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

My mom would always read a book to me at night from when I was three. Now, I can't go to sleep without reading a book. At the same time, once I read, it's difficult for me to go to sleep, as I have an overactive imagination and I start thinking.

I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.

All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word!

My brain doesn't have enough time to play around like that. To get limber enough to have a nightmare.