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 asked me to sign his copy of my Six Wives of Henry VIII album. As I was signing it I asked him ‘what does a 16 year-old like about this old music?’ and he looked at me, quite hurt, and said, ‘it might be old to you, Mr Wakeman, but I only heard it for the first time last week. When you hear something for the first time, it’s new.’ I’ve never forgotten that.
Rick Wakeman
And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is why we say that a song from 2001 is old, but we don’t say it about a song from 1970. (via thenineofus)
And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is why we say that a song from 2001 is old, but we don’t say it about a song from 1970. (via thenineofus)