Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.
NEIL YOUNGPossessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.
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 YOUNGI 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.
NEIL YOUNGThe thing about my music is, there really is no point.
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 YOUNGIt’s a blue album, but it’s not a blues album. I’m not pretending all of a sudden now I’m blues.
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 YOUNGTrue love opens the gates of time.
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 YOUNGIn 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.
NEIL YOUNGThere’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
NEIL YOUNGAs soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
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 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 YOUNGThe true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong.
NEIL YOUNGWe’re very highly evolved, and we should be very responsible for what we’ve learned.
NEIL YOUNG