I know I always worked hard on making sure we came out with the best possible product and of course we were working with four other people, you have to balance that as well. – Chris Squire
Philly has always been one of our favorite towns to play in, and the fans have been very loyal and very supportive over the years. – Chris Squire
We did do the whole of the live suite from ‘Fly From Here,’ and that was very enjoyable to do. In fact, that is actually our longest piece of music, I think, that we’d ever done. – Chris Squire
It’s not beyond the possibility that there still could be a YES in 200 years’ time… of course with different members, unless the medical profession comes up with something extraordinary. – Chris Squire
I guess I’ve become very accustomed to playing in the 7/4, which is something we’ve done quite a lot. – Chris Squire
On our studio album ‘Fly From Here’ in 2011, we spent a year and a half promoting that around the world. – Chris Squire
Of course, Paul McCartney’s sound is different from mine, but it’s the way you hear things, really. – Chris Squire
I was working in a music store in London, and this particular place happened to be the importers for Rickenbacker guitars into England. So I started seeing these basses coming in. – Chris Squire
Being called a ‘music legend’ is a very funny thing. It’s nice to know that my work has been appreciated and that people have given me that status. On a personal level, however, I can’t think about it too much. It means a lot… but then it doesn’t. – Chris Squire
I guess the idea of doing albums in their entirety, in sequence, appeals to people. I guess it’s the memory of being able to hear the music in the way it was originally presented. – Chris Squire
I’ve had to replace parts in the basses when they’ve gotten old or worn out, so everything isn’t absolutely original. – Chris Squire
Strangely enough, ‘I’ve Seen All Good People’ is, I think, the second most played Yes song on American radio after ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart.’ And then I think ‘Roundabout’ is third. – Chris Squire
I was a big Who fan when I was 15, 16 years old, and I used to go watch them play at the Marquee Club in London as often as I could. – Chris Squire
Because of all the various people who’ve come in and out and brought along ideas, I’ve been on a learning curve throughout all these years. Of course, everyone that’s been involved has influenced me as well. And I’m grateful for that. – Chris Squire
Usually, when we go out, it’s because we made a new studio album, and that becomes the focus of the tour throughout the world for a year or so. – Chris Squire
Yes is what I like doing more than anything else. Somewhere along the way, as people came and went, it fell to me to kind of keep it going and oversee the spirit of the enterprise, as it were. – Chris Squire
Look how far the human race has come in terms of air and space travel in the last hundred years. So in the next couple of thousand years, you’ve got to believe that we’re going to be able to do all kinds of amazing things. – Chris Squire
Steve Howe met Paul Simon and said that Paul was very approving of our version of ‘America.’ – Chris Squire
I really believe that the aliens are us from the future. It seems to me a very plausible reason that explains a lot of phenomena as opposed to green men with one eye from outer space. – Chris Squire
I like the Foo Fighters a lot – apart from them being friends of mine as well. They’re definitely a fantastic live act to see: so much energy and possibly even bigger in Europe than they are in the U.S., and that’s great. – Chris Squire
In a way, that’s always been Yes’ history to a large extent! Quite a few occasions when we’ve had a new band member or change in members, then we’ve done a new album with new chops and refreshed the musical approach. – Chris Squire
‘Drama’ was put together quickly; there were a lot of intense, 16-hour days. Despite the pressure, it was a lot of fun, and the end result was an album I’m very proud of. – Chris Squire
The Seventies were just an interesting time for us because we were building the brand of the name but also varying the style of the music on each of the albums we did. Very creative time of us. – Chris Squire
‘Fragile,’ of course, was a very successful album for us, especially here in the States. It had a lot of solo pieces on it, though. – Chris Squire
I think partly the problem with Yes – and I’ve had this discussion with people from the Hall of Fame in the past – is that it’s going to be difficult to decide how many of the members of Yes you’re gonna put in it and how many you’re not because of the extensive membership of the band through the years. – Chris Squire
