Geddy Lee Quotes - Page 2

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• 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.

  Geddy Lee

  Writing, Thinking, Different

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

  Geddy Lee

  Player, Keyboards, Fabulous

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

  Geddy Lee

  Bonus, Chemistry, Bigs

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

  Geddy Lee

  Writing, Practice, Hard

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• 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

  Hobbies, Basements, Reminding

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• 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.

  Geddy Lee

  Views, Cds, Etc

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• Then, 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.

  Geddy Lee

  Song, Years, Soul

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• Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.

  Geddy Lee

  Artist, People, Groups

  "Geddy Lee and Billy Corgan talk albums vs singles". Interview with Joe Bosso, www.musicradar.com. June 21, 2012.

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

  Geddy Lee

  Song, Turns, Feels

  "The Consummate Geddy Lee Interview". Interview with Christopher Buttner, www.globalbass.com. December 2000.

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

  Geddy Lee

  Glasses, Doors, Views

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• 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

  Battle, Records, Dynamics

  "Geddy Lee and Billy Corgan on concept albums, jamming, singing and more". Interview with Joe Bosso, www.musicradar.com. June 25, 2012.

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• To Toronto City Council:
  The Sam The Record Man store and sign were important fixtures in Toronto's musical landscape as well as its Civic history. Sadly, all that remains now are our memories of the store and this magnificant neon sign. Ryerson and they City of Toronto should absolutely preserve what myself and many of its citizens consider to be an important symbol of our past and of that store's contributions to our culture.

  Geddy Lee

  Memories, Past, Men

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

  Geddy Lee

  Teenage, Cancer, Support

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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.

  Geddy Lee

  Trying, Facts, Emotion

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

  Geddy Lee

  Writing, People

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• I'm always scouring the universe for great old instruments from the '50s and early '60s. That's really, for me, the golden age of basses, when they had just been invented within 10 years of that period and they had just started to come into their own, especially the old Fender jazz basses and old Rickenbackers and Gibsons. I'm always on the lookout. It's fun.

  Geddy Lee

  Fun, Years, Age

  "Geddy Lee on 40 years of Rush". Interview with Becca James, www.avclub.com. December 4, 2015.

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• 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

  Song, Interesting, Safe

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• 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

  Country, America, Different

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• The sudden passing of Jack Bruce is terribly sad news. One of the greatest rock bassists to ever live and a true and profound inspiration to countless musicians. He was one of my first bass heroes and was a major influence on my playing and my music. My heartfelt condolences to his family and fans.

  Geddy Lee

  Inspiration, Hero, Condolences

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• 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

  Technology, Order, Keyboards

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