Geddy Lee Quotes

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

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.

Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

And the meek shall inherit the earth.

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

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

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

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.

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

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

I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.

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

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

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

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

Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock years.

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

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

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.

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

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.