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Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

~Neil Peart

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I'm learning all the time. I'm evolving all the time as a human being. I'm getting better, I hope, in all of the important ways.

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I've heard the stories. Like, Eric Clapton said he wanted to burn his guitar when he heard Jimi Hendrix play. I never understood that because, when I went and saw a great drummer or heard one, all I wanted to do was practice.

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If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

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It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: September 12th, 1952

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