Lisa Desjardins:
Their sound was hard to label. For 40 years, the band Rush refused to blend in, becoming rock legends with hard work, 24 gold and 14 platinum albums, and touring nearly every year.
Their songs about power and identity were unusual then, rock anthems about teen mental health and even A.I. But they are now taking on new meaning. And their lead singer, Geddy Lee, is doing something new, pausing to look back with his memoir, "My Effin' Life."
I asked him about the band, virtuosos. Some call Neil Peart the best rock drummer in history, and "Rolling Stone" has listed Lee on the bass and Alex Lifeson on guitar as among the best on those instruments.
You all spent your life not just being good, but trying to reach the sort of unfathomable level of quality. Why push so hard?
Geddy Lee, Author, "My Effin' Life": Why? It's just in my nature, I think. And I think my partners share that trait of wanting to do whatever it is we do as best as we can do it.
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