Neil Young Quotes
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I have no idea who's steering, and I don't really care .. I just keep going whatever the inclination is ... there are threads that are continuous and hold everything together and a major thread is country music.
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It was then I knew I'd had enough, Burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand With a one-way ticket to the land of truth And my suitcase in my hand
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I do not trust self serving misinformation coming from corporations and their media trolls. I do not trust politicians who are taking millions from those corporations either. I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.
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When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.
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I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.
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To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
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I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.
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The punches came fast and hard, lying on my back in the school yard.
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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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I look at radio as gone … Piracy is the new radio, that’s how music gets around.
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I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.
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Love and only love will endure. Hate is everything you think it is. Love and only love will break it down.
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I was lying in a burned out basementWith the full moon in my eyes.I was hoping for replacementWhen the sun burst through the sky.There was a band playing in my headAnd I felt like getting high.I was thinking about what aFriend had saidI was hoping it was a lie.
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People who agree with you already agree with you -- you don't change peoples minds.
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The way in which the USA and Great Britain delivered Iraq to the Iraqis, the way and means that this played out, that is the endgame.
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Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar, Dancing on the light from star to star. Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are, I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire. I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream, You could have been anyone to me. Before that moment you touched my lips That perfect feeling when time just slips Away between us on our foggy trip.
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Starts out slow and then fizzles out altogether.
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There's colors on the streetRed, white and bluePeople shufflin' their feetPeople sleepin' in their shoesBut there's a warnin' signOn the road aheadThere's a lot of people sayin'We'd be better off dead.Don't feel like Satan,But I am to them.So I try to forget it,Any way I can.
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My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.
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I've been to HollywoodI've been to RedwoodI crossed the oceanFor a heart of gold.I've been in my mind,It's such a fine lineThat keeps me searchingFor a heart of gold.And I'm getting old.
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Something comes along and you have to jump on and do it. You can't stop until it's done.
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When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out of control. And if you're old and you're not charged up, then all you have is memories. But if you're charged and stimulated by what's going on around you, and you also have experience, you know what to appreciate and what to pass by.
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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?