Neil Young Quotes
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And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.
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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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Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.
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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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I like to go in right away as soon as I have things.
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Music lovers always want to hear the best. It's about freedom of choice, we supply the music.
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It's going to take a lot of love to make things work out right.
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As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.
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I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.
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That's a defining moment, there, when someone plays an instrument that everyone relates to around the planet.
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Earth is a flower and it's pollinating.
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Where the eagle glides ascendingThere's an ancient river bendingThrough the timeless gorge of changesWhere sleeplessness awaits.
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I need a new unit to sample and hold, but not an angry one, a new design, new design.
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The artists always reflect the times, so there's a lot to think about, a lot of unknowns, a lot of things that are describable. This is the closest I've seen to the kind of ambience that made the '60s happen. It's not about the artist having a responsibility to do anything. They have to be artists and express themselves and everything will work out fine.
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It doesn't affect me because I look at the internet as the new radio. I look at the radio as gone. ... Piracy is the new radio. That's how music gets around. ... That's the radio. If you really want to hear it, let's make it available, let them hear it, let them hear the 95 percent of it.
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I want to be a reflection of what's going on and let people draw their own conclusions.
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As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.
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It's gotta be fun, if it's not fun it's not worth doing. Music is about having a good time feeling your soul, whether it makes you laugh or it makes you cry, just so long as you feel as much as you can. That's the mission of Pono.
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You can really learn a lot that way,It will change you in the middle of the day,Though your confidence may be shattered,It doesn't matter.
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Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars,But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars.
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Will I see you giveMore than I can take?Will I only harvest some?As the days fly pastWill we lose our graspOr fuse it in the sun?Did she wake you upTo tell you thatIt was only a change of plan?Dream up, dream up,Let me fill your cupWith the promise of a man.
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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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I get into each thing I do, to the point where nothing else matters. I guess I'm an extremist.
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Though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away.