--- title: "10 You Quotes By Alex Lifeson" description: "10 You quotes by Alex Lifeson. Plus more from Alex Lifeson and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/alex-lifeson-13262_abuse_it-s-hard-to-stop-wars-and-it-s-hard-to_415904.png" --- > [It's hard to stop wars, and it's hard to stop the abuse of the planet and all of those things. I guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/it-s-hard-to-stop-wars-and-it-s-hard-to-stop-the-abuse-of-the-planet/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/alex-lifeson-13262_abuse_it-s-hard-to-stop-wars-and-it-s-hard-to_415904.png) > [The thing is, I don't take anything for granted anymore - my family, my music, you name it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/the-thing-is-i-don-t-take-anything-for-granted-anymore-my-family-my/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/alex-lifeson-13262_anymore_the-thing-is-i-don-t-take-anything-for-g_3029318.png) > [One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/one-doesn-t-want-to-feel-too-contented-you-have-to-feel-challenged-by/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/alex-lifeson-13262_challenged_one-doesn-t-want-to-feel-too-contented-y_2097395.png) > [I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/i-mean-you-go-to-the-internet-and-you-can-see-all-these-conversations/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/alex-lifeson-13262_about_i-mean-you-go-to-the-internet-and-you-ca_1409843.png) > [I don't know how many times I heard older people, and not just parents but just older people, say, 'Oh, my God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/i-don-t-know-how-many-times-i-heard-older-people-and-not-just-parents/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/alex-lifeson-13262_every_i-don-t-know-how-many-times-i-heard-olde_1000494.png) > [Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/certainly-after-the-tragedy-in-neil-s-life-we-were-holding-out-hope/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/alex-lifeson-13262_after_certainly-after-the-tragedy-in-neil-s-li_1838317.png) > [I dreamed of having a Gibson. I had a cheap Kent - you know, a Japanese guitar - and then a Kanora,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/i-dreamed-of-having-a-gibson-i-had-a-cheap-kent-you-know-a-japanese/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/alex-lifeson-13262_borrowed_i-dreamed-of-having-a-gibson-i-had-a-che_200373.png) > [It used to be that you made an album and then you went on the road to promote that album, hoping for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/it-used-to-be-that-you-made-an-album-and-then-you-went-on-the-road-to/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/alex-lifeson-13262_album_it-used-to-be-that-you-made-an-album-and_1428743.png) > [Everybody has terrible things that they deal with. Everybody. Just because you're some big shot rock star doesn't mean you're immune to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/everybody-has-terrible-things-that-they-deal-with-everybody-just/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/alex-lifeson-13262_awful_everybody-has-terrible-things-that-they_3021028.png) > [You know, we have a long history of covering different periods of this band's development with a live record... a sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/you-know-we-have-a-long-history-of-covering-different-periods-of-this/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/alex-lifeson-13262_band_you-know-we-have-a-long-history-of-cover_2674122.png) ## Other authors on You ## More by Alex Lifeson > [Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/pete-townsend-for-me-was-a-huge-influence-because-essentially-they/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/but-when-neil-called-i-have-to-say-that-my-heart-soared-and-the/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/the-shock-of-any-trauma-i-think-changes-your-life-it-s-more-acute-in/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [The Rush fans are pretty crazy everywhere, but they're particularly wild in South America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/the-rush-fans-are-pretty-crazy-everywhere-but-they-re-particularly/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [When I look out at the audience at some of our shows, I think we are reaching a younger audience... I see lots of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/when-i-look-out-at-the-audience-at-some-of-our-shows-i-think-we-are/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [I dreamed of having a Gibson. I had a cheap Kent - you know, a Japanese guitar - and then a Kanora, a Japanese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/i-dreamed-of-having-a-gibson-i-had-a-cheap-kent-you-know-a-japanese/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/a-lot-of-2112-was-written-in-the-back-seat-of-a-car-and-in-cold/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [I'd say we do reach somewhat of a younger audience, but I think for the most part that younger audience is picking our music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/i-d-say-we-do-reach-somewhat-of-a-younger-audience-but-i-think-for/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [It's hard to stop wars, and it's hard to stop the abuse of the planet and all of those things. I guess you just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/it-s-hard-to-stop-wars-and-it-s-hard-to-stop-the-abuse-of-the-planet/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [My parents got me a $25 Kent steel-string acoustic guitar when I was around 12. The following Christmas, my parents bought me a Conora…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/my-parents-got-me-a-25-kent-steel-string-acoustic-guitar-when-i-was/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [I went to Kalamazoo to get my first Gibsons back in '76.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/i-went-to-kalamazoo-to-get-my-first-gibsons-back-in-76/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/when-we-signed-our-deal-in-1974-we-d-already-been-together-for-six/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/the-more-i-got-into-playing-guitar-the-more-i-enjoyed-music-and-the/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [Rush has never been a spontaneous group. We may be spontaneous in our writing, we may be spontaneous as individuals in our day to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/rush-has-never-been-a-spontaneous-group-we-may-be-spontaneous-in-our/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) > [In September 1968, Rush played for around 20 people at a small hall in a church basement. We played songs like 'Spoonful,' 'Fire' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/in-september-1968-rush-played-for-around-20-people-at-a-small-hall-in/) [Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/alex-lifeson/#itemlist", "name": "10 You Quotes By Alex Lifeson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's hard to stop wars, and it's hard to stop the abuse of the planet and all of those things. 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