--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Neil Peart" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Neil Peart. Plus more from Neil Peart and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/neil-peart-3563_ifs_if-i-do-something-weird-play-it-twice-an_1562866.png" --- > [If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/if-i-do-something-weird-play-it-twice-and-it-s-a-new-part/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/neil-peart-3563_ifs_if-i-do-something-weird-play-it-twice-an_1562866.png) > [If you want something done right, just forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/if-you-want-something-done-right-just-forget-it/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/neil-peart-3563_done_if-you-want-something-done-right-just-fo_1256471.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/you-can-do-a-lot-in-a-lifetime-if-you-don-t-burn-out-too-fast-you-can/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/neil-peart-3563_burn-out_you-can-do-a-lot-in-a-lifetime-if-you-do_1916703.png) > [To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. It's very rarified, very difficult to accomplish if you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/to-me-the-highest-expression-of-life-is-art-with-jokes-it-s-very/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/neil-peart-3563_accomplish_to-me-the-highest-expression-of-life-is_2869643.png) > [...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/the-important-thing-is-if-you-fail-once-or-if-your-luck-is-bad-this/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/neil-peart-3563_dream_the-important-thing-is-if-you-fail-once_2814476.png) > [When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/when-i-was-young-my-ambitions-were-very-modest-i-thought-if-only-i/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/neil-peart-3563_ambition_when-i-was-young-my-ambitions-were-very_278232.png) > [With people too, you constantly think, "If I'm nice to people and treat them well, they'll appreciate it and behave better." They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/with-people-too-you-constantly-think-if-i-m-nice-to-people-and-treat/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/neil-peart-3563_appreciate_with-people-too-you-constantly-think-if_1806679.png) > [It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/it-is-impossible-to-follow-the-teachings-of-jesus-christ-and-be-a/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/neil-peart-3563_behave_it-is-impossible-to-follow-the-teachings_893708.jpg) > [There's a new reality born every minute. Unless one is a believer in predestination (in which case I'll call the prestidigitator), or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/there-s-a-new-reality-born-every-minute-unless-one-is-a-believer-in/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/neil-peart-3563_believer_there-s-a-new-reality-born-every-minute_1568571.png) > [You just become adaptable and try to lead a good life in ways that make sense, regardless. Because I know at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/you-just-become-adaptable-and-try-to-lead-a-good-life-in-ways-that/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/neil-peart-3563_adaptable_you-just-become-adaptable-and-try-to-lea_3172991.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Neil Peart > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/i-believe-in-taxation-and-health-care-that-is-outside-the-usual/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/half-the-world-cries-half-the-world-laughs-half-the-world-tries-to-be/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [Different hearts beat on different strings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/different-hearts-beat-on-different-strings/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/it-s-interesting-i-ve-known-quite-a-few-good-athletes-that-can-t/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/from-the-point-of-ignition-to-the-final-drive-the-point-of-the/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [Innocence gave me confidence to go up against reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/innocence-gave-me-confidence-to-go-up-against-reality/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover bands when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/ever-since-i-was-a-kid-i-always-wanted-to-play-music-that-i-liked-and/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/to-me-drum-soloing-is-like-doing-a-marathon-and-solving-equations-at/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/lotus-land-as-it-appears-in-free-will-is-simply-a-metaphor-for-an/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [“-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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/i-was-far-and-away-riding-my-motorcycle-along-an-american-back-road/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/each-of-us-a-cell-of-awareness-imperfect-and-incomplete-genetic/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/when-i-was-young-my-ambitions-were-very-modest-i-thought-if-only-i/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/if-it-s-cross-country-ski-season-i-ll-be-out-doing-that-or/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/extroverts-never-understand-introverts-and-it-was-like-that-in-school/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) > [A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/a-spirit-with-a-vision-is-a-dream-with-a-mission/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/neil-peart/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Neil Peart", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Peart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/if-i-do-something-weird-play-it-twice-and-it-s-a-new-part/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/neil-peart-3563_ifs_if-i-do-something-weird-play-it-twice-an_1562866.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/neil-peart-3563_ifs_if-i-do-something-weird-play-it-twice-an_1562866.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/neil-peart-3563_ifs_if-i-do-something-weird-play-it-twice-an_1562866.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.” — Neil Peart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want something done right, just forget it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Peart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/if-you-want-something-done-right-just-forget-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/neil-peart-3563_done_if-you-want-something-done-right-just-fo_1256471.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/neil-peart-3563_done_if-you-want-something-done-right-just-fo_1256471.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/neil-peart-3563_done_if-you-want-something-done-right-just-fo_1256471.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you want something done right, just forget it.” — Neil Peart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Peart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/you-can-do-a-lot-in-a-lifetime-if-you-don-t-burn-out-too-fast-you-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/neil-peart-3563_burn-out_you-can-do-a-lot-in-a-lifetime-if-you-do_1916703.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/neil-peart-3563_burn-out_you-can-do-a-lot-in-a-lifetime-if-you-do_1916703.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/neil-peart-3563_burn-out_you-can-do-a-lot-in-a-lifetime-if-you-do_1916703.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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…” — Neil Peart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To me, the highest expression of life is art with jokes. 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