Neil Young Quotes
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I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm kind of a nature guy. My cathedral is forests, or the prairies, or the beach.
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The king is goneBut he's not forgotten.This is the storyOf a Johnny RottenIt's better to burn outThan it is to rust.The king is goneBut he's not forgotten.
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Oh, baby, that's hard to change,I can't tell them how to feel,Some get stoned, some get strange,But sooner or later, it all gets real.Walk on.Walk on.
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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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Please take my advice, please take my advice,Open up the tired eyes,Open up the tired eyes.
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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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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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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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You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever.
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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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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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Starts out slow and then fizzles out altogether.
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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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You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.
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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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The economy was getting so bad, I had to lay myself off.
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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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Said the condor to the preying mantis, we're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis.
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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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Most pleasures, like flowers when gathered die.
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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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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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I just do what I do. I like to make music.