Jon
IE : When you rejoined Yes from 1991 to 2008 , you said that you and Wakeman always rode together in a separate car on tour . Why did you guys get along so well ?
IE : There won ’ t be much left to save once Sarah Palin gets her hands on the environment . If such a horrific appointment would happen . JA : Oh , my God . I know . But I ’ m positive . I think that this is going to be an extraordinary time . 2017 is the year of bliss . So everything ’ s going to happen , and it ’ s going to be extraordinary on many levels . So you can ’ t live the doom and gloom life – you ’ ve got to live in a positive life . And once this whole thing starts up , and Trump gets going , whatever he ’ s going to be doing , it isn ’ t going to be what he expects . And it isn ’ t going to be what we expect . He ’ s obviously going to realize that he ’ s the
JON ANDERSON : Well , he never stops talking , and everything he talks about is so damn funny . His life has been incredible , and he does a lot of standup in England . So he ’ ll go to one of his standup routines , his after-dinner speeches and things like that . And the things he comes out with are just absolute chaos – it ’ s amazing . The best one I ever heard was , “ Jon Anderson – he ’ s the only guy I know of who ’ s trying to save this planet while living on another one .”
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President . Of America . Which is very , very important , and it ’ s got nothing to do with money .
IE : You ’ ve always been a visionary , though . Weren ’ t you even working on a Marc Chagall-themed album at one point ? JA : I never give up . I ’ ve finished it . I ’ ve finished that ( Chagall ) album , and I ’ ve done all the work on staging and everything , so it ’ s only a question of time when things happen . So I ’ ve never given up on that , and I ’ ve written three
or four more projects that I ’ m working on . It ’ s a slow process .
IE : You had a ‘ Son of Olias ’ concept , too , right ?
L to R - ARW : Trevor Rabin , Jon Anderson , Rick Wakeman
JA : Again , it ’ s a slow process . I ’ m five hours into it , with 20 different permutations . But it ’ s not just going to be an album – it ’ s an event , and virtual reality is definitely going to be a part of it .
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Stone Type Thing
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Headbangin Helliday II
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Scars of Armageddon
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