"I just don’t feel inspired and motivated" Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson says that he no longer feels motivated to play music, following the death of the band’s drummer Neil Peart earlier this year.
Speaking on the sports radio program Talkin’ Golf (via Rolling Stone) Lifeson was asked whether Rush would continue without their influential percussionist. “After Neil passed in January, I’ve played very little guitar.
I just don’t feel inspired and motivated,” he said. “I don’t know if the motivation is there for us to really do anything now.
We’re certainly proud of our track record, and we still love music. But it’s different now.” Lifeson likened his emotions to those he felt when Peart’s daughter died in a car crash in 1997, followed by the
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