It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
You can do a lot in a lifetime, if you don't burn out too fast/You can make the most of the distance/First you need endurance/First you've got to last. — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
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… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
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… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive. — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover bands when… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time. — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
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… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
“-i was "far and away"-riding my motorcycle along an american back road, skiing through the snowy Quebec woods, or lying awake in a backwater… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
