Alex Lifeson Quotes
I think Rush have always had this reputation, particularly to non-fans, of being an ultra-serious and cerebral group when, in fact, the reverse is true. We don't take ourselves seriously at all. Sure, we take our music seriously, but that's altogether different.
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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I think people think of Oregon as such a granola, hippie kind of a place.
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Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.
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Schools ought to teach students to challenge secular ideologies masquerading as science in the classroom.
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I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
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Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.
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I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Madrid, Spain. Then I moved to New Jersey.
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To this day, when men meet me, there's always that movie in the back of their mind.
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The music industry is really funny, when you have a hit record, everyone knows who are you, everyone wants to do duets with you, then if you have a miss, people suffer from amnesia.
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Music is a science, in many ways it's mathematical.
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For me, the source material can come from anywhere. It can be a poem, it can be a dream, it can be a movie, as long as the end part of it is interesting - that's what it's about for me.
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Listen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France.
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I think Rush have always had this reputation, particularly to non-fans, of being an ultra-serious and cerebral group when, in fact, the reverse is true. We don't take ourselves seriously at all. Sure, we take our music seriously, but that's altogether different.
