Quotes from Geddy Lee

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.

When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.

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.

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

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.

Something happens when you become an elder rock & roller and you're still functioning. People start to give you awards and recognize achievements. It's the life achievement period of your career.

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

I love to write. It's my first love.

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

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.

You spend most of your life working and trying to hone your craft, working on your chops, working on your writing, and you don't really think about accolades. Then you get a bit older and they start coming your way. It's a nice pat on the back.

Well, I've been lucky. I've never gotten a voice polyp. I've never gotten nodes. But I do get sick, usually every tour, and to varying degrees. Sometimes it's a sinusitis.

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

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

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.

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

I think jamming is the way we begin to communicate. In the old days, people actually wrote notes on paper and sent them to each other. I guess that's how they jammed.

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.

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

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.

Live records of mine are very painful to listen to because you always think you can do it better. I don't think I have a single favorite one.

I think, basically, the music industry is scattered and in a mess. I think you've got lots of people that are so-called 'experts' that have no idea where it's headed.

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

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.