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It astonished me in the early Nineties to suddenly have musicians admit that they had been inspired and influenced by us. That meant a lot at that time. But of course, being human, the... disrespect isn't even strong enough a word, is it? The opprobrium was painful. Being popular and hated is not satisfying.
— Neil Peart
Tags: enough, strong, time, me

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People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.
— Neil Peart
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You have to know when you're at the top of your particular mountain, I guess. Maybe not the summit, but as high as you can go.
— Neil Peart
Tags: know, mountain, go, you
What I've learned over the years is that the craft of songwriting is trying to take the personal and make it universal - or in the case of telling a story, taking the universal and making it personal.
— Neil Peart
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Rudimental snare work is something I've always loved.
— Neil Peart
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Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover bands when I was a teenager we only played cover tunes that we liked. That was the simple morality that I grew up with.
— Neil Peart
Tags: only, always, simple, music
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