Geddy Lee is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist of the progressive rock band Rush. Here are some quotes by Geddy Lee:
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.
Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free
Music is all about wanting to be better at it.
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.
With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.
I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.
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.
I love to write. It’s my first love.
Geddy Lee Quotes
- “I don’t like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the lyrics were written because you had to have words.”
- “Music is all about wanting to be better at it.”
- “What was considered extreme 20, 25 years ago is now considered normal.”
- “I can’t imagine living without music. I can’t imagine being in a world where I couldn’t have music.”
- “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 what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.”
- “I still love to play, but it’s too much of a good thing. You can’t play music 24/7 or you lose your love for it.”
- “Each album we [Rush] make represents the way we are feeling at the time. We just do what we feel like doing.”
- “Even when you’re improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.”
- “Sometimes you get a lyric and you think it’s so good that you’re afraid you’re going to mess it up if you touch it, but you have to be brave and do it.”
- “The important thing is to feel like you are not just repeating yourself, that you are not bored. You have to keep that desire to always want to do more.”
