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One likes to believe in the freedom of music...

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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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Believe

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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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Everything in moderation, with occasional excess.
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Living in the limelight: the universal dream for those who wish to SEEM. Those who wish to BE, must put aside the alienation, get on with the fascination, the real relation, the underlying theme.
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Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.
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