Neil Peart Quotes

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

I think it's important to rebel a little bit.

I really rebel against authority.

The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns.

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop.

I was anti-conformist.

In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service.

Only I keep wishing I could think of a way...to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games.

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good - it's against everything that is fixed, all the social structures that you can't go past.

Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away

Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me.

Her own contempt for any forms of pressure society might put on her was so profound and instinctive that she as instinctively despised anyone who paid tribute to them.

Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.

It's not that I'm rebelling. It's that I'm just trying to find another way.

Everyone has that moment where they just rebel.

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do.

Let's get with it, guys: You don't need to hear a Ministry song to get political. You should be political on your own. We're just a side project to society. So do I care what people think about me personally? No. I just do what I do.

I was the only guy with any bit of anarchy left.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.