Quotes from Geddy Lee

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.

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 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.

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

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me.

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

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

Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.