Neil Young quotes - page 5

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. (Neil Young)
My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it. View quote
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Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement. View quote
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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. View quote
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To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time. View quote
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With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing. View quote
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I don't like the American media - particularly Fox. View quote
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Better to burn out than rust out. View quote
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I think if you don't have some obsession in your life, you're dead. View quote
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I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master. View quote
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Rock and roll is here to stay. (Neil Young)
Welfare mothers make better lovers. View quote
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Some get stoned, some get strange. Sooner or later it all gets real. Walk on. View quote
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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. View quote
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Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater That's what rock'n'roll is becoming. It's your parents' music. View quote
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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. View quote
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With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next verse. I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life. View quote
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A while ago somewhere I don't know when I was watching a movie with a friend I fell in love with the actress She was playing a part that I could understand A maid. View quote
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On the shore lay Montezuma with his coca leaves and pearls In his halls he often wondered of the secrets of the worlds.... The women all were beautiful, the men stood straight and strong They offered life in sacrifice so that others could go on Hate was just a legend, war was never known The people worked together and they lifted many stones. View quote
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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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