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Alex Lifeson doesn't "want to drive around in a big car".

http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19940100carstereoreview.htm

In 1994, they were already millionaires, and he's fixing up his 9 year old Merc...

> doesn't "want to drive around in a big car".

"IF I have to finish high school to do it"

thanks for the Q @Fusionaut

I don't care for videos like this. For every success there are 1,000 people who DID have to fall back on that back up plan.

But one must first try. What Alex is trying to get across here is that you don't have to start from your fallback plan and stick to that.

One also has to remember that Alex is second generation immigrant, there is tremendous pressure on that gen as they are the first to have a full set of new opportunities. Unlike many bands, Rush members were not flunking grades, they are pretty intelligent, parents could see them becoming lawyers, doctors etc. Rock and roll as a career was then still new one.

But first you have to try, take risks and if it doesn't work, go to your second plan. If you are a parent, support that first try. Art is what drives mankind forward, it IS the hardest to succeed in it. That is the lesson you need to get across: "most likely, it's not gonna happen so be prepared for plan B". A lot of parents just don't want to see that plan A fail , which is going to happen if you don't let them even try.

And you are right on that number, it's very very close to reality. about 1 in 100 can get a work in music industry as a technician etc. blue collar job. About 1 in 1000 will get work as an artist. But that blue collar work, it's something special.. You learn to be a polymath and fast problem solver, you learn how to organize, how to delegate, how to communicate with anyone, how to get things done with the tools you have available. Technicians that have worked behind the stage are really talented and sought after.. They get things done, period.

It's better to have tried and failed than than to never have tried at all.

Not really my point. Just saying for all the money and fame, he was still pretty grounded.

They are all grounded; but Alexandar Zivojinovich isn't without flaws. He was arrested in Florida, I believe, about 7 or 8 years ago for assaulting Police officers.

Who cares?