Geddy Lee

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib on 28 July 1953) is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush.

Quotes

• Working at Perfekt,
  Got me down on my knees.
  Success to failure,
  Just a matter of degrees.
  Working at Perfekt,
  Got me down on my knees...
  • "Working at Perfekt"
• Cinderella man,
  Doing what you can,
  They can't understand what it means
  Cinderella man,
  Hang on to your plans,
  Try as they might, they cannot steal your dreams
  • "Cinderella Man"

Global Bass interview (2000)

"The Consummate Geddy Lee Interview"

• For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.
• I love to write. It's my first love.
• Music is all about wanting to be better at it.
• 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.

Beyond the Lighted Stage documentary (2010)

• Regardless of what you want to say about KISS, musically or otherwise, there was no harder-working band than KISS. And there was no band more determined to put on a spectacular show and give people their money's worth than KISS. That was a great thing to see as an opening act. We were so impressionable, and we were so green...they were very good to us. Those guys liked to have a good time!

Quotes about Geddy Lee

• Rush's greatness was always the sum of its individually talented three parts. Yet, Lee seemed to be the consistent face of the band. In fact, many pray to the altar of Rush, specifically Lee. While best known for his signature countertenor vocals, Lee always mastered the strings on his bass and continues to do so in life after Rush. He was exceptional in incorporating high treble to counter Alex Lifeson’s guitar, making a more fluid unity between the two instruments. Bass gods Cliff Burton and Steve Harris are just two of the countless musicians who consider Lee a major influence on their successful careers.
  • Jeff Mezydlo of Yardbarker (February 2025) [1]