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. Neil Peart Read Quote
Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal – because I’m an idealist. Neil Peart Read Quote
It’s not the music you hear in your head that other people are going to hear. You have to be able to make it true enough to the image in your head, and that’s where technique and technology come in, for sure, and knowledge. It’s not true and will never be true that someone who knows nothing can sit in a basement and make great music. Neil Peart Read Quote
People don’t realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung. Neil Peart Read Quote
People say to me, ‘Are you still excited when you go on tour?’ Should I be excited about leaving my family? No, and no one should. It’s as simple as that. If you put aside the fantasy of it, it is what it is and has to be done. And that’s fine, and I pour my entire energy and enthusiasm into it, but of course, I’m of two minds about the whole idea. Neil Peart Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Racetracks are designed to make it as difficult as possible to get around that corner fast. And some ramps, by necessity, are that way, too. Neil Peart Read Quote
It seems to me that’s the only way you can have a truly creative aggregate of people is if they’re all contributing in different ways. Neil Peart Read Quote
When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that. Neil Peart Read Quote
