There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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.
More Neil Young Quotes
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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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I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.
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I’ve seen the needle And the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie’s Like a settin’ sun.
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Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
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Learning from other people is what music is all about.
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An idea discovered is much better possessed.
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Welfare mothers make better lovers.
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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.
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With 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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The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong.
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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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You were born to rock, you’ll never be an opera star.
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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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Cocaine eyes won’t hide your face.
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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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