Neil Peart

Neil Peart

12-Sep-1952


United States


Musician

Neil Ellwood Peart was a Canadian-American author and musician, famous as the drummer and lyricist for the progressive rock band Rush. At the age of 31, he was the youngest to be inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. In his early career, Neil’s performances primarily focused on hard rock style. In later years, Peart became one of the innovators of the genre by incorporating jazz and swing components in his playing style. Peart was renowned for his technical proficiency and stamina apart from including universal and diverse subjects of science fiction, fantasy and philosophy as a lyricist. Besides his luminous career as a musician, Peart was also famous for being an author of seven non-fiction novels which were loosely based on his travelling and adventure escapades. He also got recognition as an author of ‘The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa’, ‘Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road’ and ‘Far and Away: A Prize Every Time’. We have compiled his quotes and thoughts from his lyrics, songs, books, writings, and interviews. Let us take you through these inspirational quotes from this legend of rock music.

QUOTES BY Neil Peart


If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

No changes are permanent, but change is.

Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?

A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.

Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!

Adventures suck when you're having them.

Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.

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