Geddy Lee
11 quotes
Biography
"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."
"For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."
"I love to write. It's my first love."
"Music is all about wanting to be better at it."
"Once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process."
"Regardless of what you want to say about KISS, musically or otherwise, there was no harder-working band than KISS. And there was no band more determined to put on a spectacular show and give people their money's worth than KISS. That was a great thing to see as an opening act. We were so impressionable, and we were so green...they were very good to us. Those guys liked to have a good time!"
"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 prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out."
"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."
"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."
"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."