, is a Canadian musician and author. He is the drummer for the rock band Rush
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Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario (now part of St. Catharines). During adolescence, he floated from regional band to regional band in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer. After a discouraging stint in England to concentrate on his music, Peart returned home, where he joined a local Toronto
band, Rush, in the summer of 1974.
Early in his career, Peart's performance style was deeply rooted in hard rock
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You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice,But if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.- Freewill
The men who hold high placesMust be the ones who startTo mold a new realityCloser to the heart.- Closer To The Heart
No his mind is not for rentTo any god or governmentAlways hopeful, yet discontentBut He knows changes aren't permanentBut change is. - Tom Sawyer
Live for yourself, there's no one else more worth living forBegging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more - Anthem
Wave after waveWill flow with the tideAnd bury the world as it doesTide after tideWill flow and recedeLeaving life to go onAs it was... - Natural Science
You don't get something for nothingYou can't have freedom for free.You won't get wiseWith the sleep still in your eyesNo matter what your dream might be. - Something for Nothing Category:Authors|Peart, Neil
No hero in your tragedy,No daring in your escape,No salutes for your surrender,Nothing noble in your fate,Christ, what have you done? - The Pass
All the same we take our chances,Laughed at by time, tricked by circumstances,Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose,The more that things change, the more they stay the same. - Circumstances
I'm not looking back, but i want to look around me now. - Time Stand Still
Today is different, and tomorrow the same.It's hard to take the world the way that it came.Too many rapids keep us sweeping along.Too many captains keep steering us wrong.It's hard to take the heat.It's hard to lay blame.To fight the fire, while we're feeding the flames. - Second Nature