Top 35 Geddy Lee Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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

2. “I love to write. It’s my first love.”

— Geddy Lee

3. “I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.”

— Geddy Lee

4. “I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.”

— Geddy Lee

5. “It’s hard for me to just practice without writing something.”

— Geddy Lee

6. “I would like to think that Ben and myself have begun a partnership that will take us into different areas of music that we can continue to write, enjoy and keep me involved with music other then what I do with RUSH.”

— Geddy Lee

7. “If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.”

— Geddy Lee

8. “The sudden passing of Jack Bruce is terribly sad news. One of the greatest rock bassists to ever live and a true and profound inspiration to countless musicians. He was one of my first bass heroes and was a major influence on my playing and my music. My heartfelt condolences to his family and fans.”

— Geddy Lee

9. “Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free.”

— Geddy Lee

10. “I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.”

— Geddy Lee

11. “I was thrilled to support the Teenage Cancer Trust while celebrating the music of The Who – a band that changed my life.”

— Geddy Lee

12. “I like to practice on the bass, but I don’t do it as often as I should.”

— Geddy Lee

13. “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

14. “I can’t remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar was ‘For Your Love’ by the Yardbirds. That kind of was the beginning for me. I thought it was a great song and I loved the open chord progression at the beginning of that song.”

— Geddy Lee

15. “Sometimes it’s nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way, so it can be interpreted differently.”

— Geddy Lee

16. “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

17. “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

18. “Music is all about wanting to be better at it.”

— Geddy Lee

19. “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

20. “That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.”

— Geddy Lee

21. “I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.”

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22. “I have such an extreme attitude about work, where I can just completely be derelict of my responsibilities and then when I am not derelict, I am completely indulged in it. I swing pretty wildly from the two extremes.”

— Geddy Lee

23. “I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.”

— Geddy Lee

24. “I’m a big believer of daylight in the studio.”

— Geddy Lee

25. “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

26. “There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.”

— Geddy Lee

27. “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

28. “But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me – as well as Alex and Neil – as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.”

— Geddy Lee

29. “First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it’s quite different from America in the sense that it’s very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.”

— Geddy Lee

30. “With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.”

— Geddy Lee

31. “Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I’ve been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process.”

— Geddy Lee

32. “I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.”

— Geddy Lee

33. “For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.”

— Geddy Lee

34. “I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.”

— Geddy Lee

35. “I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.”

— Geddy Lee

36. “So, I really don’t consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.”

— Geddy Lee

37. “Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock years.”

— Geddy Lee

38. “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

39. “I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician.”

— Geddy Lee