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Racetracks are designed to make it as difficult as possible to get around that corner fast. And some ramps, by necessity, are that way, too. — Neil Peart

Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer." — Neil Peart

If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. — Neil Peart

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums. — Neil Peart

But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity. — Neil Peart

Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because I'm an idealist. — Neil Peart

For a person of my sensibility, you're only left with the Democratic party. — Neil Peart

Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you. — Neil Peart

Getting through Lake Tahoe was already like L.A., with construction all over the place, — Neil Peart

Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half — Neil Peart

I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind. — Neil Peart

You have to know when you're at the top of your particular mountain, I guess. Maybe not the summit, but as high as you can go. — Neil Peart

Thoreau, At death, our friends and relatives either draw nearer to us, and are found out, or depart farther from us, and are forgotten. — Neil Peart

Too much attention and hoopla doesn't agree with my temperament. — Neil Peart

Your place in life is where you want to be ! — Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson Neil Peart

If you want something done right, just forget it. — Neil Peart

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. — Neil Peart

Half the world hates
What half the world does every day
Half the world waits
While half gets on with it anyway — Neil Peart

You can twist perception
reality wont budge
you can raise objection
I won2t be judge and jury — Neil Peart

No one gets to their heaven without a fight. — Neil Peart

How can anybody be enlightened?
Truth is after all so poorly lit — Neil Peart

I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks. — Neil Peart

Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves. — Neil Peart

Everything in moderation, with occasional excess. — Neil Peart

A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission. — Neil Peart

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. — Neil Peart

I'm still no good at ball-and-stick games. If I go play golf with the guys, it's intended to be a joke. — Neil Peart

From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes. — Neil Peart

There is no blood in jazz drumming, and there are no bullies in jazz drumming. — Neil Peart

I try not to repeat myself in fills in all the Rush songs unless it is something simple or something I feel is my own characteristic thing. — Neil Peart

A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right — Neil Peart

Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence. — Neil Peart

He often referred to Rush's three members - Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, and Geddy Lee - as "the Holy Trinity" or "the Gods of the North. — Ernest Cline

Innocence gave me confidence to go up against reality. — Neil Peart

Each of us, A CEll Of Awareness ... imperfect, and incomplete.
Genetic blends, with uncertain ends. — Neil Peart

Whatever is left behind in the passing of a rare talent, so much is always lost. — Neil Peart

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty. — Neil Peart

The government's only functions are to protect the rights of the individual; therefore, you need a police force and an army. — Neil Peart

I was always impressed by some of the progressive styles of guys like Neil Peart. — Tommy Lee

When Mr. Ludwig invented the bass-drum pedal, that's what made the drum set possible. — Neil Peart

I watched a storm pass to the north, trailing veils of dark rain. — Neil Peart

It's always a happy day when YYZ appears on our luggage tags. — Neil Peart

I'm less comfortable in a gregarious social situation, and you can be introverted and still share everything. It just means that you're guarded. — Neil Peart

No changes are permanent, but change is. — Neil Peart

The tarot card 'The Tower' seemed a chilling reflection of the events of September 11, 2001. — Neil Peart

Perils of solitude #1: People talk to you. I'd rather listen. — Neil Peart

Ignorance and prejudice and fear go hand in hand — Neil Peart

Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled — Neil Peart

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint. — Neil Peart

Only a mediocre man is always at his best, — Neil Peart

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good. — Neil Peart

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold a new reality closer to the heart. — Neil Peart

When I'm riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive. When I stop riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive. — Neil Peart

Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song. — Neil Peart

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." — Neil Peart

Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past. — Neil Peart

I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good. — Neil Peart

People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung. — Neil Peart

The ones we wish could hear us have heard it all before. — Neil Peart

Your soul is stained with the blood of the innocent, feel their pain — Neil Peart

Do yourself a favor. Don't ever say to me, 'Everything happens for a reason.' — Neil Peart

I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want to hear a good song every day. — Neil Peart

When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that. — Neil Peart

Was the deep, cold distinction between fantasy and reality: No consequences. — Neil Peart

I sang the hymns, and I read the Bible stories, but I was always perplexed, like, 'Really? Jesus wants you for a sunbeam? For a what?' — Neil Peart

All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience outside the gilded cage — Neil Peart

We're only immortal for a limited time. — Neil Peart

You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be. — Neil Peart

If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part. — Neil Peart

I have come to believe that anger and grudges are burning embers in the heart ... — Neil Peart

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand ... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand. — Neil Peart

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. — Neil Peart

From the point of ignition.
To the final drive.
The point of the journey is not to arrive. — Neil Peart

Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse! — Neil Peart

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the past. Long ago the mould was cast. — Neil Peart

It seems to me that's the only way you can have a truly creative aggregate of people is if they're all contributing in different ways. — Neil Peart

Live for yourself there's no one else more worth living for. — Neil Peart

Rudimental snare work is something I've always loved. — Neil Peart

I'd be very honored to be the ambassador to drum solos. — Neil Peart

I think, in music, you're always hoping that you'll have a like-minded audience and that the music you like making will appeal to them, too. — Neil Peart

To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time. — Neil Peart

One likes to believe in the freedom of music. — Neil Peart

I'm learning all the time. I'm evolving all the time as a human being. I'm getting better, I hope, in all of the important ways. — Neil Peart

Hay farms, scrub forest, and some bald-looking areas of — Neil Peart

Like a force of nature
Love can fade with the stars at dawn. — Neil Peart

Throw off those chains of reason and your prison disappears. — Neil Peart

Adventures suck when you're having them. — Neil Peart

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations. — Neil Peart

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