Everything is minimal, and if it’s over, it’s over. We’re abrupt with things: in and out. Especially if it’s an overdub – it’s gone. It does something that’s not real.
NEIL YOUNGEverything is minimal, and if it’s over, it’s over. We’re abrupt with things: in and out. Especially if it’s an overdub – it’s gone. It does something that’s not real.
NEIL YOUNGIt 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
NEIL YOUNGI want to be a reflection of what’s going on and let people draw their own conclusions.
NEIL YOUNGYou were born to rock, you’ll never be an opera star.
NEIL YOUNGOne 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.
NEIL YOUNGBack 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.
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.
NEIL YOUNGCocaine eyes won’t hide your face.
NEIL YOUNGAn idea discovered is much better possessed.
NEIL YOUNGI’ve seen the needle And the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie’s Like a settin’ sun.
NEIL YOUNGMy 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.
NEIL YOUNGWe don’t build a record. We’re taking a picture of it. We’re not building an image; we’re capturing an image.
NEIL YOUNGGot to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.
NEIL YOUNGYou have to be ready to give everything you have, and you have to make sure you’ve really got a lot to give. Because if … you’re not ready to give everything you have, … then you’re nothin’.
NEIL YOUNGKeep on rockin’ in the free world.
NEIL YOUNGSouthern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
NEIL YOUNG