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Creativity Quote by Geddy Lee

"So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how well it will sell, etc. But, from a personal point of view, it was a very worthwhile endeavor"

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The most revealing thing here isn’t the modesty; it’s the boundary he draws between market judgment and personal meaning. Geddy Lee stages the familiar music-industry anxiety - release day, sales, the public scoreboard - only to step sideways from it. The opening clause (“I don’t know what is going to happen”) is a calibrated shrug, an artist preemptively declining the role of hype man. In a culture that treats every drop like a referendum, that refusal reads almost rebellious.

The subtext is craft-forward and ego-light. By naming the CD specifically, he anchors the remark in an era when physical sales were still treated as proof of relevance, yet already unstable. “How well it will sell” acknowledges the economic reality without pretending it’s the point. Then the pivot: “from a personal point of view.” That phrase narrows the camera to the only metric he can control - the work itself, the learning curve, the satisfaction of finishing something honest. “Worthwhile endeavor” is deliberately unglamorous language, more workshop than red carpet, suggesting process over myth-making.

Contextually, it fits Lee’s public persona: meticulous musician, not a swaggering celebrity. The intent isn’t to downplay ambition; it’s to protect the project from being reduced to numbers. He’s telling fans and critics alike: you can grade the sales if you want, but I’m not outsourcing my sense of value to a chart. That’s not just humility - it’s a strategy for longevity.

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Lee, Geddy. (2026, January 17). So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how well it will sell, etc. But, from a personal point of view, it was a very worthwhile endeavor. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-i-dont-know-what-is-going-to-happen-when-the-53391/

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Lee, Geddy. "So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how well it will sell, etc. But, from a personal point of view, it was a very worthwhile endeavor." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-i-dont-know-what-is-going-to-happen-when-the-53391/.

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"So, I don't know what is going to happen when the CD comes out, how well it will sell, etc. But, from a personal point of view, it was a very worthwhile endeavor." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/so-i-dont-know-what-is-going-to-happen-when-the-53391/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Geddy Lee (born July 29, 1953) is a Musician from Canada.

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