Geddy Lee Weinrib Quotes
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I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.
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I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.
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With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
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There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.
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It's very rare - and it does happen on occasion - where I'll take a piece of lyric and I'll just sit down and purposefully craft that melody around that lyric because I think the lyric is the wellspring for the song, without question.
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That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.
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I think, basically, the music industry is scattered and in a mess. I think you've got lots of people that are so-called 'experts' that have no idea where it's headed.
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I think jamming is the way we begin to communicate. In the old days, people actually wrote notes on paper and sent them to each other. I guess that's how they jammed.
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First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.
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I have such an extreme attitude about work, where I can just completely be derelict of my responsibilities and then when I am not derelict, I am completely indulged in it. I swing pretty wildly from the two extremes.
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For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.
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Well, I've been lucky. I've never gotten a voice polyp. I've never gotten nodes. But I do get sick, usually every tour, and to varying degrees. Sometimes it's a sinusitis.
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My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.
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I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.
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Live albums are very important for Rush, and they became sort of a closing chapter for us.
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Cinderella man, Doing what you can, They can't understand what it meansCinderella man,Hang on to your plans,Try as they might, they cannot steal your dreams
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Music turned to digital, and suddenly you had the possibility to make things louder than loudest, which boggles the mind but it's true, and what you have are all kinds of different ways of distorting your music.
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Live records of mine are very painful to listen to because you always think you can do it better. I don't think I have a single favorite one.
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Something happens when you become an elder rock & roller and you're still functioning. People start to give you awards and recognize achievements. It's the life achievement period of your career.
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When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.
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I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.
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Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.
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My diet, my regime, the whole life I have on the road has always got that little bit of stress because I'm always afraid I'm going to get a cold. And it's just such a nightmare when you got a cold or an irritation and you have to do a show.
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I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment.