--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Neil Peart" description: "10 Want quotes by Neil Peart. Plus more from Neil Peart and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/neil-peart-3563_done_if-you-want-something-done-right-just-fo_1256471.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) > [I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/neil-peart-3563_because_i-believe-in-taxation-and-health-care-th_738.png) > [I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/i-want-to-be-an-improviser-and-i-ve-worked-very-hard-at-that-it-s-an/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/neil-peart-3563_art_i-want-to-be-an-improviser-and-i-ve-work_542557.png) > [I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/i-love-jokes-as-much-as-anyone-but-i-don-t-want-to-hear-my-snail/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/neil-peart-3563_every-day_i-love-jokes-as-much-as-anyone-but-i-don_1784435.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) > [Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/once-i-had-defined-myself-as-a-compositional-drummer-i-thought-well-i/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/neil-peart-3563_defined_once-i-had-defined-myself-as-a-compositi_1220922.png) > [I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/i-expect-if-you-re-a-professional-public-speaker-you-probably-wouldn/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/neil-peart-3563_play_i-expect-if-you-re-a-professional-public_1498209.png) > [As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/as-crises-came-up-later-on-oh-we-have-to-compromise-and-the-record/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/neil-peart-3563_business_as-crises-came-up-later-on-oh-we-have-to_470485.png) > [All four winds together can't bring the world to me Shadows cast a play of light, so much I want to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/all-four-winds-together-can-t-bring-the-world-to-me-shadows-cast-a/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/neil-peart-3563_around-the-world_all-four-winds-together-can-t-bring-the_1781352.png) > [Standing in front of a microphone where every word or every slip that you make, especially in these times, is with you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-peart/standing-in-front-of-a-microphone-where-every-word-or-every-slip-that/) [Neil Peart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-peart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/neil-peart-3563_dad_standing-in-front-of-a-microphone-where_1891325.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/neil-peart/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Neil Peart", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "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": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. 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