I don’t like the current political system in the USA and some other countries. Increasingly democracy has been hijacked by corporate interests.
NEIL YOUNGI started writing “Peace Trail” here in Colorado, then I went back to California. I had a few other tunes going around in my head, so I had a couple of them finished after a few days and then I wanted to go into the studio.
More Neil Young Quotes
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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’ve seen the needle And the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie’s Like a settin’ sun.
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It is better to burn out then fade away
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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.
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Welfare mothers make better lovers.
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One good thing about the past is that you can’t change it. So there’s no reason to go back. It’s there. It is what it is. The only thing you can change is right now and what’s happening next.
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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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I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can he remember who he’s talking to?
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There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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You are like a hurricane, there’s calm in your eyes, and I’m getting blown away.
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You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever.
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As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
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We don’t build a record. We’re taking a picture of it. We’re not building an image; we’re capturing an image.
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Most people think it’s the other way around: that time is going faster and we’re doing less. But really time seems to be going faster because we’re cramming so much into it.
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It’s a blue album, but it’s not a blues album. I’m not pretending all of a sudden now I’m blues.
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