The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring. Neil Peart More Quotes by Neil Peart More Quotes From Neil Peart Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand. Neil Peart emotionalignorancehands From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive. Neil Peart finalsjourney If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. Neil Peart choicessongwitty ...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true. Neil Peart luckdreamgiving 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 fightingprayerwinning 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 herowritingthinking If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum. Neil Peart problemifs I can worship Nature, and that fulfills my need for miracles and beauty. Art gives a spiritual depth to existence -- I can find worlds bigger and deeper than my own in music, paintings, and books. And from my friends and family I receive the highest benediction, emotional contact, and personal affirmation. I can bow before the works of Man, from buildings to babies, and that fulfills my need for wonder. I can believe in the sanctity of Life, and that becomes the Revealed Word, to live my life as I believe it should be, not as I'm told to by self-appointed guides. Neil Peart spiritualbabyart A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission. Neil Peart visionspiritdream 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? Neil Peart prideselfpeople No one gets to their heaven without a fight... Neil Peart fightingheaven 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 Neil Peart treasuregardengiving Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past. Neil Peart dedicatedhonorpast I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind. Neil Peart optimiststatesmind How can anybody be enlightened? Neil Peart litenlightenedtruth-is I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that. Neil Peart determinationselfschool It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could only think about what they were saying for a minute. That's when you get caught up in the webs of what people call themselves and how they behave. Neil Peart teachingjesusthinking What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession. Neil Peart get-betterresponsibilitystudents Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations. Neil Peart romancethreerunning I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good. Neil Peart responsibilityrightsbelieve
