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I think that's given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as an influence.…

— Alex Lifeson

In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.

— Sam Trammell

I can't possibly overstate how much influence Rush had on me as a young teenager. I would say from about 1981 to 1987, they…

— Mike Portnoy

When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing for…

— Afrojack

Rush is one of the common denominators in our band as far as a band that everybody loves and grew up with and was…

— John Petrucci

Geddy Lee and I went to the same grade school. He moved away when we were still young, but I remember him like I…

— Rick Moranis

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…

— Alex Lifeson

(Rush are) like the JD Salinger of Canadian Prog Rock

— Stephen Colbert

Seeing Rush the first time was huge for me. That was my favorite band and I couldn't believe they were actually in the same…

— John Petrucci

You know, as kids were weren't jazz musicians or anything. But, the circle of friends and the neighborhood I lived in, we were really…

— John Petrucci

As teenagers, we used to listen to entire Rush albums, entire Pink Floyd albums and shut down the lights and it was great.

— John Petrucci

“Kendall decided to be a singer on the Big Time Rush Concert Stage”

— Scott Fellows