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 americabearbritain Change image and share on social
The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that riff, that I really liked and made me listen in a different way. Geddy Lee guitarinterestintro Change image and share on social
I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to. Geddy Lee afraiddisciplinedue share on social
Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer. Geddy Lee beginexperiencelive Change image and share on social
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 backcomposeintricate Change image and share on social
Rock and Roll does have its limits as far as the aging process. You want to go out there and play while you're at your peak, right? I think that's encouraging us to keep going out on the road - to maximize the playing at the moment. Geddy Lee agingencouragelimit share on social
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. Geddy Lee attitudecompletelyderelict share on social
Music turned to digital, and suddenly you had the possibility to make things louder than loudest, which boggles the mind but it's true, and what you have are all kinds of different ways of distorting your music. Geddy Lee boggledigitaldistort share on social
I think you just have to cross your fingers that there's enough artists out there that keep producing interesting work, and eventually it will form a kind of wave that will force people to pay attention to it. Geddy Lee artistattentioncross share on social