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If you want something done right, just forget it.

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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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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Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way.
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Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days.
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Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!
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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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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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Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.
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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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Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves.
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We're only immortal for a limited time.
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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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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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How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit
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If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.
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Live for yourself... there's no one else more worth living for...
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I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good.
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You just become adaptable and try to lead a good life in ways that make sense, regardless. Because I know at the end of it, if I'm going to meet Jesus or Allah or Buddha, I'm going to be all right.
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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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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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One likes to believe in the freedom of music...
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