"If the first is the year of sorrow," Neil wrote. "The second is the year of emptiness." - Geddy Lee

His wife told me that he still had nightmares of those days, and she hoped that the trip would be healing for him as much as for the people he had liberated. I can tell you that his face lit up when my mother took his hands in hers and thanked him for saving her life, and I truly hope his experience helped to ease his troubled soul.

Fact is, to this day I have a long fucking memory for people who treat me badly.

For a bass player to find a drummer with the exact same mindset is a rare and special thing.