I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.

I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song was already written and the guy made up the lyrics in five minutes.

Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!

Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves.

From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.

The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect

People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.