Rick Wakeman Quotes

Well, because music is my life and music is not work for me.

I think I will never stop working with music; it has become a part of who I am.

I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day.

I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part of my everyday living.

Music is my life. It is sacred.

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.

I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me.

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.

I definitely want to do music for the rest of my life. So I just want to make sure that I'm doing music in the way that I feel is the way I need to.

From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.

I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't.

My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'

The day I stop making music would be the day I keel over, really.

I'm driven by music. It's in my blood, and I've never been able to stay away from it for too long.

It's about the music for us. Always has been. The bottom line is the music.

I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do.

I don't want people to think that I think I'm this great drummer because, to me, I'm just a kid playing drums, and I love music.

For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.

There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been my deepest passion and what I felt most connected to.

I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

My heart and soul is still music.

Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me.