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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
Immortal
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Everything in moderation, with occasional excess.
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If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.
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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 Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold.
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Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.
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Live for yourself... there's no one else more worth living for...
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The tarot card 'The Tower' seemed a chilling reflection of the events of September 11, 2001.
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From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.
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Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.
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The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect
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I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.
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I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.
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It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that require stamina, not finesse.
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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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Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled
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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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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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The ones we wish could hear us have heard it all before.
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Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days.
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I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your head you have to be very deliberate about what you do.
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