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I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.
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Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.
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The world weighs on my shouldersBut what am I to do?You sometimes drive me crazyBut I worry about youI know it makes no differenceTo what you’re going throughBut I see the tip of the icebergAnd I worry about you... - Distant Early Warning (1984)
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Rush has never been a spontaneous group. We may be spontaneous in our writing, we may be spontaneous as individuals in our day to day lives... certainly I think am and always have been, but I think when it comes to Rush and our presentation of our music it's quite controlled.
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I really don't feel the need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because, at the end of the day, it's just somebody's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They have a particular process, and they're welcome to do it however they want to do it.
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I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.
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Quick to judge - Quick to anger - Slow to understandIgnorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand - Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1981)
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As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be like, "No, I don't have to."
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Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover bands when I was a teenager we only played cover tunes that we liked. That was the simple morality that I grew up with.
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I went to Kalamazoo to get my first Gibsons back in '76.
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But glittering prizes and endless compromises, Shatter the illusion of integrity...
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I don't know how many times I heard older people, and not just parents but just older people, say, 'Oh, my God. Your generation is just totally nuts. You have no sense of what it was really like, when it was great.' And every generation has that same feeling, you know?
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Everybody has terrible things that they deal with. Everybody. Just because you're some big shot rock star doesn't mean you're immune to having these awful tragedies in your life.
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Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because I'm an idealist.
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I think the whole '2112' album took somewhere around a week to do.
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I can worship Nature, and that fulfills my need for miracles and beauty. Art gives a spiritual depth to existence -- I can find worlds bigger and deeper than my own in music, paintings, and books. And from my friends and family I receive the highest benediction, emotional contact, and personal affirmation. I can bow before the works of Man, from buildings to babies, and that fulfills my need for wonder. I can believe in the sanctity of Life, and that becomes the Revealed Word, to live my life as I believe it should be, not as I'm told to by self-appointed guides.
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I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about exploration: just tune the guitar any way you want and start playing.
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A scorching blast of golden fire as it slowly leaves the groundTears away with a mighty forceThe air is shattered by the awesome sound - Countdown (1982)
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When I usually go to my studio to work, I start with something that is going to take two minutes just to put some idea down and the next thing I know, ten hours have gone by and my family is screaming at me because they want me to come up to have dinner with them.
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I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate, Are the liberators here?Do I hope or do I fear?For my father and my brother, it’s too late but I must help my mother stand up straight.Are we the last ones left alive?Are we the only human beings to survive? - Red Sector A (1984)
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Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!
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There's no bread, let 'em eat cakeThere's no end to what they'll takeFlaunt the fruits of noble birthWash the salt into the earth - Bastille Day (1975)
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With people too, you constantly think, "If I'm nice to people and treat them well, they'll appreciate it and behave better." They won't, but it's still not a bad way to live.
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One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music.