Top 33 Geddy Lee Quotes

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My emotions are very simple and always have been about

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.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.
Geddy Lee
The first song that made me interested in music was ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that riff, that I really liked and made me listen in a different way.
Geddy Lee
It’s a battle between record company, between producer and between mastering engineer. Because the louder you make your record in a digital process, the more dynamics are squished out of it. Nobody knows exactly what happens, but the dynamics in the performance disappear, and everything is at the same volume.
Geddy Lee
With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
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That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.
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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.
Geddy Lee
Live albums are very important for Rush, and they became sort of a closing chapter for us.
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I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.
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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.
Geddy Lee
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.
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So, I really don’t consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.
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I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.
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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.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
If I start mining for opinions on hundreds of websites that have fan forums, I’ll be totally distorted in my view of myself. I’ll lose myself in all that.
Geddy Lee
It’s very rare – and it does happen on occasion – where I’ll take a piece of lyric and I’ll just sit down and purposefully craft that melody around that lyric because I think the lyric is the wellspring for the song, without question.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
Rock and Roll does have its limits as far as the aging process. You want to go out there and play while you’re at your peak, right? I think that’s encouraging us to keep going out on the road – to maximize the playing at the moment.
Geddy Lee
I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
Music is all about wanting to be better at it.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you’re trained from the beginning to be a live performer.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
I love to write. It’s my first love.
Geddy Lee
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.
Geddy Lee
I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.
Geddy Lee
It’s hard for me to just practice without writing something.
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I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard p

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.
Geddy Lee
I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.
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