RUSH Drummer: In The Middle Of A Tour, We Never Talk About Making Another Album'
June 19, 2008RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. An excerpt follows.
"People often ask, 'What's next for the band?' but we learned long ago that when you're in the middle of a big job, you don't need to talk about another one. So, in the middle of a tour, we never talk about making another album, and in the middle of recording, we never talk about another tour. One job at a time, even in your own head, is easier to deal with you don't need another burden if you can keep it 'in storage' for a while.
"For fifteen years people have been saying to me, 'I hear this is your last tour' (I've been saying it myself since 1989),but subjects like that don't even get raised among the three of us. Certainly after the last two summers of heavy touring, which will eventually add up to well over a hundred shows, there will be no more of that for a while.
"(I adopted my current motto, 'What cannot be altered, must be endured,' around New Year's, and actually found it useful in such occasions as, say, flight delays. Only much later did I realize that the reverse was equally true, in a less passive way: 'What cannot be endured, must be altered.')
"Some fresh challenges await me, no doubt. Later this year, I have agreed to take part in another big-band project, a Buddy Rich tribute concert in October, and that will be a huge occasion to try to rise to. I'm thinking a lot about that these days."
Read Neil's entire message at this location.
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