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've always been better moving than I am standing still.
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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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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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On one side the government, the other side the mob.
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I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.
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There's more to a picture than meets the eye.
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Oh tell me where the answer lies,Is it in the notebook behind your eyes?
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Give a hippie too much money and anything can happen.
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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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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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I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.
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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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This old world keeps spinnin’ round; It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t layin’ down.
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I've been looking for a woman to save my lifeNot to beg or to borrowA woman with the feeling of losing once or twice.
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My songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded and the way they were recorded is the old Nashville way ... they sound as country or more country than a lot of things that are on country radio.
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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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I guess I'll call it sickness gone,It's hard to say the meaning of this song.
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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.
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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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I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.
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It's better to burn out, than to fade away.