Geddy Lee famous quotes

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.
-- Geddy Lee

#Track #Important #Bass

And the meek shall inherit the earth,
-- Geddy Lee

#Earth #Meek

I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.
-- Geddy Lee

#Voice #Worry #Arms

I have such an extreme attitude about work, where I can just completely be derelict of my responsibilities and then when I am not derelict, I am completely indulged in it. I swing pretty wildly from the two extremes.
-- Geddy Lee

#Attitude #Responsibility #Swings

For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at.
-- Geddy Lee

#Rooms #Improvement #Room For Improvement

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.
-- Geddy Lee

#True Love #Writing #Player

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.
-- Geddy Lee

#Littles #Endorsements #Uncomfortable

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.
-- Geddy Lee

#Hobbies #Basements

I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician.
-- Geddy Lee

#Rocks #Musician

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.
-- Geddy Lee

#Trying #Facts #Emotion

I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.
-- Geddy Lee

#Song #Texture #Structure

For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.
-- Geddy Lee

#Song #Turns #Feels

Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock years.
-- Geddy Lee

#Writing #Rocks #Elderly

With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
-- Geddy Lee

#Fleeting #Littles #Satisfaction

Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process.
-- Geddy Lee

#Song #Years #Soul

I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.
-- Geddy Lee

#Song #Interesting #Safe

To Toronto City Council: The Sam The Record Man store and sign were important fixtures in Toronto's musical landscape as well as its Civic history. Sadly, all that remains now are our memories of the store and this magnificant neon sign. Ryerson and they City of Toronto should absolutely preserve what myself and many of its citizens consider to be an important symbol of our past and of that store's contributions to our culture.
-- Geddy Lee

#Memories #Past #Men

I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment.
-- Geddy Lee

#Thinking #Names #Different

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.
-- Geddy Lee

#Country #America #Different

With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
-- Geddy Lee

#Technology #Order #Keyboards

My emotions are very simple and always have been about the Hall of Fame. It's something that I had absolutely nothing to do with and had no control over, so I never thought much about it, to be frank.
-- Geddy Lee

#Simple #Emotion #Fame

So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how well it will sell, etc. But, from a personal point of view, it was a very worthwhile endeavor.
-- Geddy Lee

#Views #Cds #Etc

Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free
-- Geddy Lee

#Music #Emotional #Energy

I was thrilled to support the Teenage Cancer Trust while celebrating the music of The Who - a band that changed my life.
-- Geddy Lee

#Teenage #Cancer #Support

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.
-- Geddy Lee

#Thinking #Trying #Musician

I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.
-- Geddy Lee

#Practice #Piano #Discipline

The sudden passing of Jack Bruce is terribly sad news. One of the greatest rock bassists to ever live and a true and profound inspiration to countless musicians. He was one of my first bass heroes and was a major influence on my playing and my music. My heartfelt condolences to his family and fans.
-- Geddy Lee

#Inspiration #Hero #Condolences

It's a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.
-- Geddy Lee

#Battle #Records #Dynamics

I would like to think that Ben and myself have begun a partnership that will take us into different areas of music that we can continue to write, enjoy and keep me involved with music other then what I do with RUSH.
-- Geddy Lee

#Writing #Thinking #Different

I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar was 'For Your Love' by the Yardbirds. That kind of was the beginning for me. I thought it was a great song and I loved the open chord progression at the beginning of that song.
-- Geddy Lee

#Song #Guitar #Play

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.
-- Geddy Lee

#Song #Expression #Structure

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.
-- Geddy Lee

#People #Get Better #Trying

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.
-- Geddy Lee

#Practice #Bass #Should

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.
-- Geddy Lee

#Bonus #Chemistry #Bigs

I love to write. It's my first love.
-- Geddy Lee

#Writing #First Love #Firsts

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.
-- Geddy Lee

#Writing #People

I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.
-- Geddy Lee

#Daylight #Bigs #Believer

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.
-- Geddy Lee

#Writing #Practice

My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.
-- Geddy Lee

#Glasses #Doors #Views

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.
-- Geddy Lee

#Player #Keyboards #Fabulous

Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way, so it can be interpreted differently.
-- Geddy Lee

#Song #Nice #Taken

Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.
-- Geddy Lee

#Artist #People #Groups

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.
-- Geddy Lee

#Sight #Numbers #Musician

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.
-- Geddy Lee

#Music Is