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If you want something done right, just forget it.
Neil Peart Rush -
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.
Geddy Lee Weinrib Rush
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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.
Geddy Lee Weinrib Rush -
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)
Neil Peart Rush -
Miracles will have their claimersMore will bow to RomeHe and she are in the houseBut there's only me at home. - Anagram (For Mongo) (1989)
Neil Peart Rush -
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.
Geddy Lee Weinrib Rush -
To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.
Neil Peart Rush -
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.
Geddy Lee Weinrib Rush
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You don't get something for nothingYou can't have freedom for free.You won't get wiseWith the sleep still in your eyesNo matter what your dream might be. - Something for Nothing (1976)
Neil Peart Rush -
All the busy little creatureschasing out their destinies.Living in their poolsthey soon forget about the sea... - Natural Science (1980)
Neil Peart Rush -
I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.
Geddy Lee Weinrib Rush -
Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.
Neil Peart Rush -
Different hearts beat on different strings.
Neil Peart Rush -
A planet of playthingsWe dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceiveThe stars aren't aligned or the gods are malignedBlame is better to give than receive - Freewill (1980)
Neil Peart Rush
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Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.
Neil Peart Rush -
I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks.
Neil Peart Rush -
'Tom Sawyer' could have been written eight months ago, with the kind of response it still gets.
Alex Lifeson Rush -
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.
Alex Lifeson Rush -
In September 1968, Rush played for around 20 people at a small hall in a church basement. We played songs like 'Spoonful,' 'Fire' and 'Born Under a Bad Sign,' and got paid $10. Then we went to a nearby deli and ordered Cokes and French fries and started planning our future.
Alex Lifeson Rush -
Features distorted in the flickering lightFaces are twisted and grotesqueSilent and stern in the sweltering nightThe mob moves like demons possessedQuiet in conscience, calm in their rightConfident their ways are best - Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1981)
Neil Peart Rush
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We each pay a fabulous priceFor our visions of paradiseBut a spirit with a vision is a dreamWith a mission - Mission (1987)
Neil Peart Rush -
I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist.
Alex Lifeson Rush -
Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)
Neil Peart Rush -
Faith is cold as ice.Why are little ones born only to sufferfor the want of immunity, or a bowl of rice?Well, who would hold a price on the heads of the innocent childrenif there's some immortal power to control the dice? - Roll The Bones (1991)
Neil Peart Rush