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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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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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All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.
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Innocence gave me confidence to go up against reality.
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Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?
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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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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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You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.
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The tarot card 'The Tower' seemed a chilling reflection of the events of September 11, 2001.
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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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But glittering prizes and endless compromises, Shatter the illusion of integrity...
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I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.
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Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
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Everything in moderation, with occasional excess.
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All four winds together can't bring the world to me Shadows cast a play of light, so much I want to see Chase the sun around the world, I want to look at life-In the Available Light. I'll go with the wind, I'll stand in the light.
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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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Waiting for the winds of change to sweep the clouds away. Waiting for the rainbow's end to cast its gold your way ... You don't get something for nothing. You can't have freedom for free
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Stamina is the force that drives the drumming it's not really a sprint.
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Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you.
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How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit
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Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves.
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