Throw off those chains of reason and your prison disappears. Neil Peart More Quotes by Neil Peart More Quotes From Neil Peart Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint. Neil Peart stamina drumming force I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks. Neil Peart agnostic atheist thinking 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. Neil Peart good-life trying jesus The ones we wish could hear us have heard it all before. Neil Peart heard wish Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it. Neil Peart milk-and-honey land names Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song. Neil Peart anchors heart song You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be. Neil Peart wise dream sleep For me, drum elements are like hieroglyphics - I think of a certain physical figure, and a little three-dimensional glyph will appear in my mind as I'm playing. Neil Peart three mind thinking Standing in front of a microphone where every word or every slip that you make, especially in these times, is with you forever - you want to say the right thing. I fell into having to extemporize, and it came okay because of tools I've learned. I said [to myself], "Remember [to mention] mom and dad." Neil Peart dad mom forever Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet Neil Peart imperfect cells awareness If you want something done right, just forget it. Neil Peart want-something done forget Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer." Neil Peart wells drummer want 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. Neil Peart expression want art Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days. I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. Neil Peart extroverts adults school And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold a new reality closer to the heart. Neil Peart dont-give-up giving-up heart If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part. Neil Peart ifs play If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line. Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try. And we know that time has wings, So we're the ones who have to fly. Neil Peart shining dark wings 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. Neil Peart guy together song One likes to believe in the freedom of music... Neil Peart likes music believe More a paraphrase than a quote, really, but it comes from a prayer which was stitched into a sampler above my grandmother's bed. It began like this: 'Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep...' Neil Peart grandmother prayer sleep
