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?
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.
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I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.
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It’s a blue album, but it’s not a blues album. I’m not pretending all of a sudden now I’m blues.
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One 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.
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You 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’.
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Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
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I want to be a reflection of what’s going on and let people draw their own conclusions.
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As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn’t see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.
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Welfare mothers make better lovers.
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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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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.
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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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We’re very highly evolved, and we should be very responsible for what we’ve learned.
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Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.
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Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.
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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.
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