Something happens when you become an elder rock & roller and you’re still functioning. People start to give you awards and recognize achievements. It’s the life achievement period of your career. – Geddy Lee
I worry about my voice 24/7 when I’m on tour. It’s like a pitcher and his arm. It’s constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around. – Geddy Lee
Well, I’ve been lucky. I’ve never gotten a voice polyp. I’ve never gotten nodes. But I do get sick, usually every tour, and to varying degrees. Sometimes it’s a sinusitis. – Geddy Lee
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
I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word. – Geddy Lee
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
For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at. – Geddy Lee
You spend most of your life working and trying to hone your craft, working on your chops, working on your writing, and you don’t really think about accolades. Then you get a bit older and they start coming your way. It’s a nice pat on the back. – Geddy Lee
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
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
My diet, my regime, the whole life I have on the road has always got that little bit of stress because I’m always afraid I’m going to get a cold. And it’s just such a nightmare when you got a cold or an irritation and you have to do a show. – Geddy Lee
So, I don’t know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how well it will sell, etc. But, from a personal point of view, it was a very worthwhile endeavor. – Geddy Lee
My emotions are very simple and always have been about the Hall of Fame. It’s something that I had absolutely nothing to do with and had no control over, so I never thought much about it, to be frank. – Geddy Lee
I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don’t really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it’s a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you’re using a different piece of equipment. – Geddy Lee
My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard. – Geddy Lee