Throw off those chains of reason and your prison disappears. Neil Peart More Quotes by Neil Peart More Quotes From 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 games play golf To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time. Neil Peart equations marathon 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 social share mean Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days. Neil Peart introvert extroverts school I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years. Neil Peart growing-up sports years 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. Neil Peart nostalgic terrible people Anytime I have an idea, I'll make sure that I put it down so that when we do sit down to write an album, I don't have to dream it all out of thin air. I don't have to be creative on the spur of the moment, or spontaneously artistic. I just take advantage of whenever creativity strikes. Neil Peart creativity dream writing When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the Y, that would be the culmination of existence!" Neil Peart battle ambition play What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one of those unparalleled exciting days of your life. Neil Peart musician dream looks A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right Neil Peart color light justice If it's cross-country ski season, I'll be out doing that, or snowshoeing up in Quebec. In my California home, I go to the local Y and I like doing yoga. It's been hugely beneficial to me in injury avoidance. Neil Peart yoga home country Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover bands when I was a teenager we only played cover tunes that we liked. That was the simple morality that I grew up with. Neil Peart teenager simple kids Innocence gave me confidence to go up against reality. Neil Peart innocence reality Too much attention and hoopla doesn't agree with my temperament. Neil Peart agree too-much attention I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums. Neil Peart ifs want play The Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold. Neil Peart spurs cities gold Adventures suck when you're having them. Neil Peart adventure No changes are permanent, but change is. Neil Peart permanent I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill. Neil Peart clear path Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely. Neil Peart different matter people
