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
NEIL YOUNGBack 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.
More Neil Young Quotes
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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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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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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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Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
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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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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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The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we’re creating now, we’re pollinating the universe.
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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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In a Ramada Inn near the grapevine, they stop to rest for the night. Traveling down south, looking for good times. Visiting old friends feels right.
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True love opens the gates of time.
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An idea discovered is much better possessed.
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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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Welfare mothers make better lovers.
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It is better to burn out then fade away
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I don’t like the current political system in the USA and some other countries. Increasingly democracy has been hijacked by corporate interests.
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You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever.
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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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There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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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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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 were born to rock, you’ll never be an opera star.
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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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A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.
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The person who still blushes is not yet a degenerate.
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