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I think Rush have always had this reputation, particularly to non-fans, of being an ultra-serious and cerebral group when, in fact, the reverse is true. We don't take ourselves seriously at all. Sure, we take our music seriously, but that's altogether different.
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Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!
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With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
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Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.
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One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music.
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The Rush fans are pretty crazy everywhere, but they're particularly wild in South America.
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When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the Y, that would be the culmination of existence!"
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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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And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate.
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So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.
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Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you.
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Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half.
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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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To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future.
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I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.
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Wheels can take you around.Wheels can cut you down.We can go from boom to bust.From dreams to a bowl of dust.We can fall from rockets' red glare, down to 'Brother can you spare...'Another war.Another wasteland.And another lost generation - Between The Wheels (1984)
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How I prayed just to get awayTo carry me anywhereSometimes the angels punish usBy answering our prayers - Carnies (2012)
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You can do a lot in a lifetime, if you don't burn out too fast/You can make the most of the distance/First you need endurance/First you've got to last.
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If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.
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Half the world hates What half the world does every day Half the world waits While half gets on with it anyway.
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The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that riff, that I really liked and made me listen in a different way.
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Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me.
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To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to be more than just funny, and more than just jokes about human gaseousness.
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The Stones were more dangerous than other bands of the Sixties. It looked like they had more fun than the Beatles - like they stayed up later.