Neil Peart

Drumming completely eclipsed my life from age 13, when I started drum lessons. Everything disappeared. I'd done well in school up until that time. I was fairly adjusted socially up until that time. And I became completely monomania, obsessed all through my teens. Nothing else existed anymore.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill.

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the past. Long ago the mould was cast.

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

Different hearts beat on different strings

No one gets to their heaven without a fight...

Look in, look the storm in the eye. Look out, to the sea and the sky. Look around, at the sight and sound. Look in, look out, look around.

Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.

You can do a lot in a lifetime, if you don't burn out too fast/You can make the most of the distance/First you need endurance/First you've got to last.

We're only immortal for a limited time.

Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.

From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.

Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half

No changes are permanent, but change is.

If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line. Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try. And we know that time has wings, So we're the ones who have to fly.