The secret to life is, you get up in the morning, and you go to work - from the book Travelling Music - Neil Peart

The first time reggae music really got into my soul — I'll never forget, it was the Bob Marley song 'Natural Mystic,' just sitting in a car hearing it — and I suddenly got it. I got what reggae was all about.

You can get comfortable working with the same producer — some people do their whole career — but we always wanted new brains to pick: new criticisms, new enthusiasms, new opinions.

Like a steely blade in a silken sheath
We don't see what they're made of
They shout about love, but when push comes to shove
They live for the things they're afraid of And the knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them...
- The Weapon (Part II of 'Fear') (1982)