A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
NEIL YOUNGWe’re very highly evolved, and we should be very responsible for what we’ve learned.
More Neil Young Quotes
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I 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.
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All these people talking about morality should just take a walk downtown. They don’t want to go downtown because instantly they see homeless people and they don’t want to.
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There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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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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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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Everybody seems to wonder what it’s like down here. I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around. Everybody knows this is nowhere.
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Learning from other people is what music is all about.
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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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An idea discovered is much better possessed.
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Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
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Hard working people stopping for a drink on the way to work.
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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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My songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded and the way they were recorded is the old Nashville way … they sound as country or more country than a lot of things that are on country radio.
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In a Ramada Inn near the grapevine, they stop to rest for the night. Traveling down south, looking for good times. Visiting old friends feels right.
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I try not to look back. I’m looking forward. I’m worried more about what I’m going to do next week than I am what I did last week. There are too many things to do. Looking back is for everybody else.
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