Neil Young Quotes
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I see a woman in the night with a baby in her hand, under an old street light near a garbage can.
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When I was a younger man,Got lucky with a rock 'n' roll band,Struck gold in Hollywood,All the time I knew I wouldGet back to the country,Back where it all began.Get back to the country,Back in the barn again.
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Most pleasures, like flowers when gathered die.
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I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.
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Corporations don't have children. They don't have feelings or souls. They don't depend on uncontaminated water, clean air, or healthy food to survive. They are beholden to one thing - the bottom line.
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Now I'm at a point where I decided I'm going to be in the studio for a while, at least until I finish this record I'm working on now. I should have two, three, four of the sessions that I had that were similar to the sessions for Peace Trail before I have a complete record.
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Government can't completely take care of people by making a bunch of promises and programs. Organize your communities
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Everybody seems to wonder what it's like down here. I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around. Everybody knows this is nowhere.
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Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors out on the waves of the night, still the searcher must ride the dark horse racing alone in his fright.
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The politics, I don't understand it, I'm not happy, don't feel good about it.
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The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.
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Look at Mother Nature on the runIn the nineteen seventies.
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Faith is not reason's labour, but repose.
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My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.
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I'm singin' this borrowed tune I took from the Rolling Stones,Alone in this empty room, too wasted to write my own.
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It's stupid to expect perfection from bands because afterall they're just human beings.
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Keep it moving. Don't hoard. Money's no good, get rid of it. Turn it into people doing things. Turn it into jobs. Turn it into happiness...The more people I employ, the happier I am - that means my money's goin' into other people's lives, and if I can give 'em something to create that they can be happy with, that's great.
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Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.
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I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.
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If you guarantee the postage, I'll mail you back the key.
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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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I gave to you, now, you give to meI'd like to know what you learned.The sky is blue and so is the seaWhat is the color, when black is burned?
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There's a lot of frustration in trying to get music out when you're the only one who hears it, especially if you have something in your head that's not normal.
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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.