Neil Young Quotes
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We live in the digital age and, unfortunately, it’s degrading our music, not improving it It’s not that digital is bad or inferior, it’s that the way it’s being used isn’t doing justice to the art. The MP3 only has 5 percent of the data present in the original recording. … The convenience of the digital age has forced people to choose between quality and convenience, but they shouldn’t have to make that choice.
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Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.
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I started writing "Peace Trail" here in Colorado, then I went back to California. I had a few other tunes going around in my head, so I had a couple of them finished after a few days and then I wanted to go into the studio.
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See the lonely boy, out on the weekend,Tryin' to make it pay.Can't relate to joy, he tries to speak andCan't begin to say.
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My my, hey heyRock and roll is here to stay.It's better to burn outThan to fade away.My my, hey hey.
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The person who still blushes is not yet a degenerate.
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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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This is the 21st century, we are a highly evolved race, our capabilities are so great compared to what we are doing. We have been lulled into addiction and everything is built around it and you have to break out of it and think outside of the box.
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Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock 'n' roll is becoming. It's your parents' music.
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Please take my advice, please take my advice,Open up the tired eyes,Open up the tired eyes.
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Said the condor to the preying mantis, we're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis.
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I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.
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You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever.
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Well, people let me tell you, it sent a chill up and down my spine,When I picked up the telephone and heard that he'd died out on the mainline.
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I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.
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I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.
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Well, all those people, they think they've got it made,But I wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or tradeAnything I have to be like one of them.I'd rather start all over again.
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Now I'm livin' out here on the beach, but those seagulls are still out of reach.
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My my, hey hey... Rock and roll is here to stay. Hey hey, my my... Rock and roll will never die.
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This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.
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We need to spread out now in the universe. I think in 100 years we'll be living on other planets.
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When I speak out on corporations hurting the common man or the environment or other species, I expect a well-financed disinformation campaign to be aimed my way.
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Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement.
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I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere.