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 YOUNGWe don’t build a record. We’re taking a picture of it. We’re not building an image; we’re capturing an image.
More Neil Young Quotes
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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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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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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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I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.
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Hard working people stopping for a drink on the way to work.
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Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
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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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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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You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever.
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Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
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True love opens the gates of time.
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Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.
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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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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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The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we’re creating now, we’re pollinating the universe.
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