Neil Young Quotes
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And the world on a string doesn't mean a thing.
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I've seen the needle and the damage done.A little part of it in everyone.But every junkie's like a settin' sun.
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I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.
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I don't know if I want White America to remember or fortoget that Jesus Christ was the first non-violent revolutionary.
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Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.
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Faith builds the bridge from this old world to the new.
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I'm not the same as I was long ago, I've learned some new things and I hope that it shows.
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I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.
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I try not to look back. I'm looking forward. I'm worried more about what I'm going to do next week than I am what I did last week. There are too many things to do. Looking back is for everybody else.
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Nothing is perfect...We're really more interested in what we're saying than how we're saying it.
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All these people talking about morality should just take a walk downtown. They don't want to go downtown because instantly they see homeless people and they don't want to.
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And you can't get away from a mirror if you stand in front of it all the time, right. But if you step away from it, you don't notice it any more. And that's what the stage is like for me. See, an image becomes meaningless in as much as it's always temporary.
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I would play all the parts of the song, show them the way it went together. Then I'd basically break down an arrangement - I wouldn't plan endings or beginnings - so they knew everything that was going on. I had the lyrics on a prompter so that I could remember everything I'd written, and I was able to just get into the groove and play with them. I think "Peace Trail" is one of the exceptions, where it's a later take. It just happened really quickly.
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I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else.
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I do one take; I never overdubbed twice. I know there's stuff that isn't perfect, but it doesn't matter: Nothing is perfect, and there is a magic there that is undeniable because of the fact that we don't care about those things.
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Old man take a look at my lifeI'm a lot like you.I need someone to love meThe whole day through.Ah, one look in my eyesAnd you can tell that's true.
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If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm, get down on the ground and pretend you're swimming.
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Live music is better.
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Welfare mothers make better lovers.
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You're all just pissin' in the wind,You don't know it but you are.
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Bad news is just an excuse.
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Cocaine eyes won't hide your face.
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Wise it is to comprehend the whole.
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Hate was just a legend and war was never known. The people worked together and they lifted many stones.