Neil Peart Quotes
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One likes to believe in the freedom of music...
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I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want to hear a good song every day.
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All four winds together can't bring the world to me Shadows cast a play of light, so much I want to see Chase the sun around the world, I want to look at life-In the Available Light. I'll go with the wind, I'll stand in the light.
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A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right.
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I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.
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I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the guy made up the lyrics in five minutes.
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Innocence gave me confidence to go up against reality.
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When I'm riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive. When I stop riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive.
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Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.
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Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer."
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I have come to believe that anger and grudges are burning embers in the heart.
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...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.
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What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
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People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.
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You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.
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It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could only think about what they were saying for a minute. That's when you get caught up in the webs of what people call themselves and how they behave.
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Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?
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You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.
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Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.
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Like a force of nature love can fade with the stars at dawn...
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The ones we wish could hear us have heard it all before.
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Standing in front of a microphone where every word or every slip that you make, especially in these times, is with you forever - you want to say the right thing. I fell into having to extemporize, and it came okay because of tools I've learned. I said [to myself], "Remember [to mention] mom and dad."
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If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.
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I'm still no good at ball-and-stick games. If I go play golf with the guys, it's intended to be a joke.