I want to be a reflection of what’s going on and let people draw their own conclusions.
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.
More Neil Young Quotes
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A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.
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True love opens the gates of time.
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Think I’ll roll another number for the road
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Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.
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Music lovers always want to hear the best. It’s about freedom of choice, we supply the music.
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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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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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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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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?
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There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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Freedom is an abstract offshoot. You can’t describe freedom. How can you describe it? I tried and I failed.
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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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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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Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
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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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