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It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that require stamina, not finesse.
— Neil Peart
Tags: things, skiing, swimming, sports, 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
Tags: way, words, song, people
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
Tags: personal, making, story, trying
Rudimental snare work is something I've always loved.
— Neil Peart
Tags: something, always, loved, work
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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