Rush Quotes
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A few guys with guns can spoil everything. - The Masked Rider ()
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You move me, you move me.with your buildings and your eyesAutumn woods and Winter skies.You move me, you move me.Open sea and city lights, busy streets and dizzy heights.You call me, you call me. - The Analog Kid (1982)
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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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Look in, look the storm in the eye. Look out, to the sea and the sky. Look around, at the sight and sound. Look in, look out, look around.
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Growing up it all seems so one-sidedOpinions all providedThe future pre-decidedDetached and subdividedIn the mass production zoneNowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone - Subdivisions (1982)
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No one gets to their heaven without a fight - Armor and Sword (2007)
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I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that.
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Life is just a candle, and a dream must give it flame... - The Fountain of Lamneth (1975)
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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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When I sit down and play guitar, I melt into the instrument. I can play for hours by myself. Playing guitar has given me such a wonderful life, and I'm grateful for it.
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...if the music stops and there's only the sound of the rainAll the hope and glory - All the sacrifice in vain(And) If love remains, though everything is lostWe will pay the price, but we will not count the cost - Bravado (1991)
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Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great guitar tone. Plus, he's done more for Canada than Rush have, because he works all the time. I envy him for that.
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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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How can anybody be enlightened?Truth is after all so poorly lit - Turn The Page (1987)
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It takes a little more persistence to get up and go the distanceI'm not giving inI'm not missing outI'm not giving up on implausible dreams - The Enemy Within (Part I of 'Fear') (1984)
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I think that's given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as an influence. I don't think it was so much our music, but more the way we really stuck to our guns.
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Sometimes I freeze...until the light comesSometimes I fly...into the nightSometimes I fight...against the darknessSometimes I'm wrong...sometimes I'm right - Freeze (Part IV of 'Fear') (2002)
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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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Live albums are very important for Rush, and they became sort of a closing chapter for us.
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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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For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.
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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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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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Wave after waveWill flow with the tideAnd bury the world as it doesTide after tideWill flow and recedeLeaving life to go onAs it was... - Natural Science (1980)