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Yes bassist Chris Squire insists he won't "lose any sleep" over his band missing out on a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The 66-year-old musician, who is touring with a new line-up, was nominated alongside his band mates this year but isn't bitter that they missed out on a spot.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "There were bands nominated who had been up before so I didn't really think we would get in there this year. We missed it by a few votes or something I was told but I'm sure it will come up again.
"I don't lose any sleep over it, if it happens, okay, good, that would be very nice.
"Most of the time they're not prog rock sort of people. In the past couple of years they've made an effort by putting Genesis in there and Canadian rock band Rush but generally they've always stayed away from prog rock people. I can't say whether that's fair or not but people have different tastes. Punk rates a lot higher than prog rock on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
Chris claims the logistics of figuring out which members of the band to include would be a "pain" due to so many line-up changes, but he would like the band to be included one day.
He also thinks he's one of the top three bass players in the world, having been inspired by the greats before him.
He explained: "I would quite possibly rank myself in the top three bass players. There are a lot of good bass players, Paul McCartney, and of course John Entwistle was one of my favourites before he passed away.
"In the 70s, actually, I think I won all the bass player poll awards for about 10 years in a row or something.
"It's just trends and we just happened to be riding the crest of a wave back then and we ended up getting more votes."
Yes will release their new studio album 'Heaven and Earth' on July 8.

Iggy Azalea's biggest fear is being sick on stage.
The 'Fancy' hitmaker said she's come up with a plan in case she feels like she needs to be sick whilst she's performing.
She exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "It's my actual nightmare to vomit on stage. If I ever vomited on stage, I would probably kill myself.
"I think if I start to feel like that, I have two plans, I would have already figured out my emergency exits. So if I can make it off stage, I will go off stage and vomit.
"If I feel like I can't make the wings, my poor DJ will hate me for it but I'll just run behind the DJ booth and vomit on his shoes. Poor DJ, but you don't want pictures."
Iggy - who toured with Beyoncé when she brought her 'Mrs. Carter World Tour' to Australia - said that was the only time she's felt sick with nerves on stage.
The 23-year-old singer said: "There was one time I felt sick on stage and that was when I was on tour with Beyoncé but that was because two hours before, I got my wisdom teeth pulled out. I was put to sleep for it so I was really not up for that.
"I had taken loads of painkillers and I just felt already so woozy from just waking up from having them pulled out ... It turned out I ended up doing the whole tour like that because I got them pulled out before the second performance."
Iggy releases her new album 'The New Classic' on April 21 and her current single 'Fancy' is available to download now.

Robin Thicke's father Alan thinks the singer's heartbreak over his marriage will "speak through his music".
The 'Blurred Lines' hitmaker announced his separation from wife Paula Patton after nine years of marriage in February and his dad claims he has been penning songs about their break-up for his upcoming album.
Alan told Us Weekly: "From my perspective, I always let Robin speak through his music. He's in the middle of a great album right now. A lot of power in the album."
The 37-year-old star is working on the follow-up to his 'Blurred Lines' album, which conquered the charts last year, and he has also been collaborating with Jennifer Lopez on her new record.
Meanwhile, Alan also admitted he isn't sure whether Robin and Paula, who have three-year-old son Julian, will get back together or file for divorce.
He added: "We love them, they're great people. Whatever they decide to do, it will be the right thing."
It was recently claimed that the actor - who is married to third wife Tanya Callau - has been giving his son marriage advice and urging him not to make the same mistakes he did.

Iggy Azalea's boyfriend doesn't like her new album.
The 23-year-old rapper penned her debut album 'The New Classic' before she struck up a relationship with basketball player Nick Young six months ago, but she admits he's not impressed with the lack of love songs on the collection.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, she said: "Nick said to me, 'Why don't you have any love songs on your album? It's all "I hate you" songs.'
"He's right, all my love songs are 'f**k love' songs, but that's where my head was when I wrote the album.
"Maybe my next album will be a little sweeter."
Despite their budding romance, Iggy - whose real name is Amethyst Kelly - insists there's no chance Nick will be joining her in the studio for a collaboration.
She explained: "There's more chance of me playing pro-celebrity basketball than of Nick rapping or singing.
"But he is a big rap fan, so I'm trying to convince him to come to Wireless Festival [in London] with me when I play in July as it's such a good line-up."
Meanwhile, the blonde beauty insists the direction of her next album will be determined by the success of 'The New Classic', which is out on Monday (21.04.14).
She added: "If this album does well, my next one will be very upbeat, but if it goes badly, I might get all broody and moody."

Foo Fighters new album is "almost half done".
Producer Butch Vig, who is reportedly working on the record with Steve Albini, claims the band have been experimenting with new recording techniques and it is well on its way to being completed.
Speaking to Kerrang, Vig said: "We've been recording at some different locations, but we're almost halfway done with the recording and it's going well.
"It sounds different - we've thrown a few things into the mix, in the recording process, that are going to give the record a different sound and a different feel. It's been a challenge, but it's also been exciting."
The 'Everlong' band revealed in January that recording sessions for their new album, the follow-up to 2011's 'Wasting Light', were "f***ing on" and posted a photograph of a row of master tapes labelled 'Foo Fighters LP 8'.
Dave Grohl also told BBC Radio 1: "I know what it sounds like and I honestly think the entire concept is really going to take people by surprise and it sounds nuts."
Meanwhile, the band's fans have launched a campaign to get the band to play a show in their hometown for the first time in more than 15 years.
The campaign's fundraising page on Crowdsurfer reads: "It's simple. The Foo Fighters haven't played Richmond, Virginia since May 17, 1998. That's more than 15 years ago and that's way too long. So we're taking it upon ourselves to bring 'em back!"
The 'Help Bring The Foo Fighters Back To RVA' campaign site is selling 1,400 tickets at $50 a ticket.
However, the band have yet to announce they will play a date in the city.

Dr Dre has overtaken Jay Z on Forbes' list of the richest hip hop artists. The magazine has revealed the rapper's Beats by Dre headphones company made $1.2 billion last year, earning him $200 million, meaning his total assets were $550 million. Jay Z...

Kamaliya spent £1,000 on a shopping spree in Poundland.
The 36-year-old Ukrainian singer - who is married to steel magnate billionaire Mohammad Zakhur - was taken to the bargain store in London's Kentish Town by Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills and his team where she managed to drop the staggering sum on gifts for her "servants", pets and children.
She said: "I just brought some presents for my servants! And for my six doggies, my four horsies and, of course for my babies!"
Her husband added: "She still managed to spend almost a thousand pounds!"
The former Miss World - who also stars on Fox TV's 'Meet The Russians' - has taken dance-floors by storm with her hit single 'Never Wanna Hurt You' which has achieved dance chart success.
However, the stunning blonde admitted she is struggling to enjoy her success due to the difficult political situation in her native Ukraine - which is currently under siege by Russia's armed forces.
Kamaliya said: "I have been waiting and dreaming of having a number one UK dance track for years, but now I can't even celebrate as I watch my country fall apart. I am bathing in tears!
"I just want my people to live in peace - and for my country to not be bullied. We are a European country and Russia should leave us alone."

Iggy Azalea never thought she'd become achieve fame as a female rapper.
The 'Fancy' hitmaker, who has shot to stardom with her debut album 'The New Classic', pursued her dream of being a rap star by moving from her native Australia to America and didn't consider becoming famous.
She told radio.com: "I don't know if I expected anything. I think other people expect things and I think to myself, 'Hey look, I do female rap'. That's what I am, I'm a female rapper. That's always a weird situation, you never know how it's going to be. It's [rap] not the most popular kind of thing in the world."
The 23-year-old star was surprised to experience "Katy Perry-level fame" because she didn't think people would be that interested in her but still hoped she'd become a success.
Talking about her roots, she said: "Its [music] escapism to me. I'm from the country and music videos and film, those were my escape to sparking my imagination.
"I didn't get to see really well dressed women in the street or expensive cars or people walking into a restaurant. I only got to see them in music videos."

Coldplay have announced six international shows in support of their upcoming album 'Ghost Stories'.
The 'Paradise' hitmakers will kick off their tour in Germany on April 25 and visit a number of low-key venues, compared to their stadium dates for their 'Mylo Xyloto' tour in 2012.
The band - made up of Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion - will also stop by at the Beacon Theatre in New York, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Casino de Paris in Paris, Dome City Hall in Tokyo and a final date at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
In recent months, Coldplay have performed two small shows at the Ring O' Bells in Compton Martin, Somerset, and a headline slot at the iTunes Festival at South by Southwest in Texas in March.
Frontman Chris, 37, has seemingly spoken about his split with Gwyneth Paltrow after 11 years of marriage last month on the band's upcoming sixth record, which will be released on Monday, May 19.
On the track 'Another's Arms', Chris sings about infidelity, which is speculated to be the reason for his split with the 'Iron Man 3' actress.
He sings: "Late night watching TV, used to be you here beside me, your body on my body. When the pain just rips through me. Another's arms, another's arms."
Adele producer Paul Epworth has been working on the new record, along with Jon Hopkins, Rik Simpson and Dan Green.

Coldplay's tour dates are..

April 25 - E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
May 5 - Beacon Theatre, New York, USA
May 19 - Royce Hall, Los Angeles, USA
May 28 - Casino de Paris, Paris, France
June 12 - Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
July 1 - Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

Tickets for the Cologne show will go on sale at 9am on Saturday, April 19 from eventim.de/coldplay, while ticket information for the remaining five shows will be emailed exclusively to subscribers to the Coldplay mailing list.