Neil Young Quotes
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I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.
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I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.
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Did you see them in the river?They were there to wave to you.Could you tell that the empty quiver,Brown skinned Indian on the banksThat were crowded and narrow,Held a broken arrow?
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I've always been better moving than I am standing still.
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There's an edge to real rock 'n' roll. It's all that matters.
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I ran into the preacher, said God was on my side, then I ran into the hangman.
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A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
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I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
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In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary.
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Oh, to live on Sugar MountainWith the barkers and the colored balloons,You can't be twenty on Sugar MountainThough you're thinking thatYou're leaving there too soon,You're leaving there too soon.
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On one side the government, the other side the mob.
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Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.
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Shelter me from the powderAnd the fingerCover me with the thoughtThat pulled the triggerThink of meAs one you'd never figuredWould fade away so youngWith so much left undone.
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There's more to a picture than meets the eye.
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But only love can break your heartTry to be sure right from the startYes only love can break your heartWhat if your world should fall apart?
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It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
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Oh tell me where the answer lies,Is it in the notebook behind your eyes?
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For whatever you're doing, for your creative juices, your geography's got a hell of a lot to do with it. You really have to be in a good place, and then you have to be either on your way there or on your way from there.
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Give a hippie too much money and anything can happen.
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I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.
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I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream
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With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing.
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I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.
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Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change.