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I Like To Be Able To Come And Go As I Please, And I Don't Really Like Having My Face And Name Plastered Around. I Think It's A Bit Weird To Have Your Name Plastered On Every Page In A Magazine, Where In Each Case You're Using A Different Piece Of Equipment.

I Would Like To Think That Ben And Myself Have Begun A Partnership That Will Take Us Into Different Areas Of Music That We Can Continue To Write, Enjoy And Keep Me Involved With Music Other Then What I Do With Rush.

There Was A Time When Fast Playing And Fretboard Pyrotechnics On The Bass Were Important To Me And When I Am Recording A Bass Track, That Is Still Very Important To Me.

I Do Love Using Keyboards And I Love Writing Keyboard Parts, But I Am Not A Player In The True Sense Of The Word.

I Can't Remember The First Song I Learned To Play On Bass, But The First Song I Learned To Play On Guitar Was 'for Your Love' By The Yardbirds. That Kind Of Was The Beginning For Me. I Thought It Was A Great Song And I Loved The Open Chord Progression At The Beginning Of That Song.