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If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

Neil Peart

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Neil Peart
Age: 67 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 12
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Composer
Drummer
Jazz Musician
Lyricist
Musician
Record Producer
Songwriter
Writer
City of Hamilton
Neil Ellwood Peart
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Like a force of nature love can fade with the stars at dawn...
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Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.
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Everything in moderation, with occasional excess.
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Live for yourself... there's no one else more worth living for...
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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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