Neil Peart
Neil Peart
Neil Ellwood Peart, OC, is a Canadian-American musician and author, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist for the rock band Rush. Peart has received numerous awards for his musical performances, including an induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1983, making him the youngest person ever so honored. He is known for his technical proficiency and stamina...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth12 September 1952
CityHamilton, Canada
CountryCanada
While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.
I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good.
Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.
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.
Throw off those chains of reason and your prison disappears.
Everything in moderation, with occasional excess.
Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.
No one gets to their heaven without a fight.
To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to be more than just funny, and more than just jokes about human gaseousness.
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.
...but glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity.
The tarot card 'The Tower' seemed a chilling reflection of the events of September 11, 2001.
If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.
Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.