Alex Lifeson: Self
Quotes
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Alex Lifeson : As far as the band was concerned as things went on, it seemed less and less of a possibility that we would get back together, and it looked like the band was - basically it was four years - that the band was done.
Geddy Lee : Oh, I thought it was... I thought it was over. Alex and I would talk about it once in a while, but there was no point. I don't want to play in Rush without those other two guys. You know there's no replacing anybody in this band. It's just not possible. It is the band - the three of us, you know. Even though he's the new guy, he's just as important!
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Alex Lifeson : I loved the idea of the keyboards when we first started. I think as that part of our sound developed, there were times where we just got on the wrong track.
Geddy Lee : Alex and I had some real disagreements about how profound the keyboards should be. But Power Windows is a really important record, because it was the final and essential blending of keyboards and guitar to me, for Rush.
Alex Lifeson : With Power Windows, I found it really, really difficult to work around the way the keyboards were developing. Why am I looking for a different place? I shouldn't be looking for a different place. What's going on with these keyboards? You know, they're not even real. It's not even a real instrument!
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Geddy Lee : There was a time when we first started getting recognized, that I got a little touchy about it. And I remember I started thinking about this thing, about fame and how you deal with it. That was kind of an epiphany... and I said to myself, "I'm gonna go where I want to go, and if somebody comes up to me and is nice and wants an autograph, I've got time for them. It's no big deal."
Restaurant patron : [Recording video on phone] It's Geddy, right?
Geddy Lee : That's right.
Alex Lifeson : [grinning] Oh my God, that's Geddy?
