Alex Lifeson Quotes
Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy influence on Rush during our early days. Page's loose style of playing showed an immense confidence, and there are no rules to his playing.
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I will keep working hard!
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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I have asked my mom and my sister a couple times if I should post something or not. Or if they think a video is funny.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me.
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I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.
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To be 49 years old now and still be called The Kid, that's kind of special.
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story.
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Curiosity at work isn't a matter of style. It's much more powerful than that. If you're the boss, and you manage by asking questions, you're laying the foundation for the culture of your company or your group. You're letting people know that the boss is willing to listen.
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I find myself in a position where I have a voice that has the potential to influence - I want to use that to inspire confidence in those that have yet to find it, to inspire compassion in those who don't understand, but most importantly, to inspire love in everyone through the experiences and stories that we can all relate to or empathize with.
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The footballers' wives I know, they're teachers, midwives. They want to do something useful. One is working at my son's nursery, on her hands and knees, in Converse and jeans, teaching kids to count.
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I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.
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Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy influence on Rush during our early days. Page's loose style of playing showed an immense confidence, and there are no rules to his playing.
