When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week.
When I sit down and play guitar, I melt into the instrument. I can play for hours by myself. Playing guitar has given me such a wonderful life, and I'm grateful for it.
The Rush fans are pretty crazy everywhere, but they're particularly wild in South America.
With solos, I don't like to be too prepared going in - I like to surprise myself.
When I look out at the audience at some of our shows, I think we are reaching a younger audience... I see lots of people in their 30s and 40s, but I also see a lot of people in their young and middle teens, and that's definitely reassuring.
A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.
