Geddy Lee

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

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

“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 like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.”

“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.”

“I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.”

“My diet, my regime, the whole life I have on the road has always got that little bit of stress because I'm always afraid I'm going to get a cold. And it's just such a nightmare when you got a cold or an irritation and you have to do a show.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.”

“So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.”

“I think you just have to cross your fingers that there's enough artists out there that keep producing interesting work, and eventually it will form a kind of wave that will force people to pay attention to it.”

“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.”

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

“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.”