Rick Wakeman Quotes

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

The rich emotional tapestry of being a mother, becoming a mother, connects you to your own mother. I didn't realize how much I'd become her. I pass a mirror, and am surprised by how much I look like her.

Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away from the rest of you—and you realize you've grown up.

I'm over 30 now, but I didn't expect to be here.

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

I've become 40, my audience is partly the same age.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s.

I don't look the same as I did 20 years ago, nor should I.

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.

Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother.

You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.

When you've been driving in the top category for 10 years, you're obviously not a kid any more. You know, I'm married now and I've got two kids. That let's you know you're getting older.

I suppose, at 50, you value things in a different way. So you value connections, you value your friendships, you value your health, and you are much more aware of time passing.

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

Because I'm not the same today as I was in '58, or '59 or even '71.

I'm so excited for 30. I hear it's OK. I'll probably do the same stuff, but I'll be more comfortable being who I am.

Although I don't examine myself in this respect, I would say, off the top of my head, that I've come to acknowledge my Czechness more as I get older.

Nearly a decade of time is enough for everybody to change, quite a bit.

I've been, like, 15 my entire life.

Birthdays are getting harder as I get older.

I've always said if a woman is looking for a good husband, she should go for a Jewish man past 60. Jewish men are essentially brought up to love women. Then you rebel against that and become a bit of a bastard. Then at 60, you revert.

I hit my thirties and felt I had to start being profound.