Neil Young quotes

Neil Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, widely recognized for his influential role in rock, folk, and country music. His distinctive voice, poetic lyrics, and masterful guitar work have earned him critical acclaim across decades. He is also known for his activism and commitment to socially conscious causes. Here are 119 of his quotes:

Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying. (Neil Young)
The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe. View quote
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It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down. View quote
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It's better to burn out than to fade away. View quote
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One new feature or fresh take can change everything. View quote
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Earth is a flower and it's pollinating. View quote
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The thing about my music is, there really is no point. View quote
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Live music is better. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it. View quote
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Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'. We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin'. Four dead in Ohio. (Neil Young)
I've seen the needle and the damage done. A little part of it in everyone. But every junkie's like a settin' sun. View quote
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I just do what I do. I like to make music. View quote
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You're all just pissin' in the wind, You don't know it but you are. View quote
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I've been to Hollywood I've been to Redwood I crossed the ocean For a heart of gold. I've been in my mind, It's such a fine line That keeps me searching For a heart of gold. And I'm getting old. View quote
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Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons, You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you're thinking that You're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. View quote
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Southern man better keep your head. Don't forget what your good book said. Southern change gonna come at last Now your crosses are burning fast. Southern man. View quote
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There's colors on the street Red, white and blue People shufflin' their feet People sleepin' in their shoes But there's a warnin' sign On the road ahead There'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. View quote
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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 and Can't begin to say. View quote
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It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you. View quote
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Shelter me from the powder And the finger Cover me with the thought That pulled the trigger Think of me As one you'd never figured Would fade away so young With so much left undone. (Neil Young)
I've been looking for a woman to save my life Not to beg or to borrow A woman with the feeling of losing once or twice. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, all those people, they think they've got it made, But I wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or trade Anything I have to be like one of them. I'd rather start all over again. View quote
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And we'll be watching you No matter what you do And you can do your part By watchin' others too. View quote
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Neil Young

Neil Young - Image
Photo: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: Canadian Singer
Born: November 12, 1945
Quotes count: 119
Wikipedia: Neil Young

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