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.
NEIL YOUNGPossessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.
More Neil Young Quotes
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There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we’re creating now, we’re pollinating the universe.
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Learning from other people is what music is all about.
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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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I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.
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We don’t build a record. We’re taking a picture of it. We’re not building an image; we’re capturing an image.
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You are like a hurricane, there’s calm in your eyes, and I’m getting blown away.
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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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Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.
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The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong.
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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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True love opens the gates of time.
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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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Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
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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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