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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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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I was just 20 years old when I wrote 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 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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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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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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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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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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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 always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.
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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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I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.
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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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This old world keeps spinnin’ round; It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t layin’ down.
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It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
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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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When you dance,Do your senses tingle?Then take a chance?In a trance,While the lonely mingleWith circumstance?