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.
NEIL YOUNGEverybody 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.
NEIL YOUNGWith 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.
NEIL YOUNGMost 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 YOUNGAll 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.
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 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 YOUNGAre you negative in a world that never stops turning on you?
NEIL YOUNGLearning from other people is what music is all about.
NEIL YOUNGWelfare mothers make better lovers.
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 YOUNGPossessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.
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 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 YOUNGThere’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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 YOUNG