All Alex Lifeson Quotes
- If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms. Achievement
- When I look out at the audience at some of our shows, I think we are reaching a younger audience... I see lots of people… Audience
- 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. I… Band
- Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into… Boss
- At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death. Afraid
- 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 up… Active
- 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 to… Acute
- I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about exploration: just tune… All
- We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't… Career
- I really consider myself more of a rhythm guitarist than a soloist. Consider
- Pete Townshend is one of my greatest influences. More than any other guitarist, he taught me how to play rhythm guitar and demonstrated its importance,… Any
- The Stones were more dangerous than other bands of the Sixties. It looked like they had more fun than the Beatles - like they stayed… Bands
- 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 electric… Acoustic
- The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to me,… Became
- But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery... that… Called
- But I think the credit has to go to Geddy... he spent a lot of time in the studio with Paul, I think he needed… All
- I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our music and that's… All
- I think we're quite unique in that we do have our own sound and approach and we don't really care what's going on elsewhere... we've… Approach
- 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 up… Audience
- Rush has never been a spontaneous group. We may be spontaneous in our writing, we may be spontaneous as individuals in our day to day… Been
- 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 to… Age
- You know, we have a long history of covering different periods of this band's development with a live record... a sort of live thing that… Band
- And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh… Challenge
- Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you… Holding