Neil Young Quotes
Neil Percival Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of his generation.
(1945 - )
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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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As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.
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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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Better to burn out than rust out.
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Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.
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Earth is a flower and it's pollinating.
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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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I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.
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I don't like the American media - particularly Fox.
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I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
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I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
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I don't look at a knife the way I used to. I'm more aware of what it is. I think twice. This is a key finger. It's in every chord.
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I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.
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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.
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I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.
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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 have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger.
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I just do what I do. I like to make music.
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I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.
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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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