Neil Peart Quotes

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.

I messed around with the guitar from the age of about eight, but when I hit 13, it was the only thing I wanted from life.

I'm a great listener - I play records all the time at home. And I play guitar as a hobby. So inspiration has never been a big problem for me, but motivation can be a bit difficult sometimes.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.

I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great, eternal language: music.

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.

Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it made me feel something. That's when I realized music was inside me.

If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite.

I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers.

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

I love Fun. They're great guys. They're incredible artists and musicians.

I had a ukulele when I was much younger. I have no idea what happened to it but I think that was part of it, just being inspired and wanting to try to play an instrument that, to me, sounded beautiful.

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write songs was because I thought, 'Well, if they can write them, I can write them.'

I've always idolized people who can write songs.

I wish I was really talented in music because then I would be doing it. I felt that I could write a decent song, but it was a big struggle.

I surround myself with incredible musicians who inspire me to always do my best.