Neil Peart Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Too much attention and hoopla doesn't agree with my temperament.”

“To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.”

“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.”

“I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's as simple as that.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”