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.
NEIL YOUNGLearning from other people is what music is all about.
More Neil Young Quotes
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As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
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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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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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It is better to burn out then fade away
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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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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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Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
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Learning from other people is what music is all about.
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We’re very highly evolved, and we should be very responsible for what we’ve learned.
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It was then I knew I’d had enough, Burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand With a one-way ticket to the land of truth And my suitcase in my hand
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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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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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A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
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Hard working people stopping for a drink on the way to work.
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The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we’re creating now, we’re pollinating the universe.
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