Both Neil And I Had Done Solo

Pete Townsend For Me Was A Huge Influence. Because Essentially They Were A Three-piece Band And The Way He Structured His Chords And Took Up A Lot Of Space Musically In The Songs Was Really Important To The Way Rush Developed. Geddy And Neil Both Were Such Active Players And Lot Of The Time We Were All Playing Like Crazy And It Was Too Much And Somebody Had To Reel It In And Me Being The Faceless Guy, I Would Do That.

We've Managed To Have A Long Career That Is Still Quite Vibrant, Yet We've Never Had To Kow-tow To Record Companies Who Said We Weren't Commercial Enough.

I Think That's Given Inspiration To Other Musicians. I Know, Particularly Through The 90s, A Lot Of Bands Would Cite Rush As An Influence. I Don't Think It Was So Much Our Music, But More The Way We Really Stuck To Our Guns.

If There Was Any One Achievement, It Would Be That We've Have Done It On Our Own Terms.

At The Same Time, I've Never Been Afraid Of Death Or The Concept Of Death.