In Conversation with Jon Anderson: When is a Rock Star Not a Rock Star?

Jon Anderson is going through a transformation. After over 50 years in the music business, including massive success with Yes, the prog rock band he co-founded (inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017) Anderson is the living embodiment that you can’t skate on yesterday’s ice. “I’m going through this life experience, now believing in the things that I’m doing more than ever,” says Anderson. “Because you can’t repeat yourself.” referring to “Close to the Edge” and “Awaken,” Yes classics that are vastly different in their musical composition. “So you just have to challenge yourself to evolve and try something else.” And the irony of this forward-looking transformation is that he looked backwards to recordings from 30 years ago. In the 1990s, during a break from his typical musi...

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