We don’t build a record. We’re taking a picture of it. We’re not building an image; we’re capturing an image.
NEIL YOUNGKeep on rockin’ in the free world.
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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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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A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
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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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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’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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Cocaine eyes won’t hide your face.
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You were born to rock, you’ll never be an opera star.
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Are you negative in a world that never stops turning on you?
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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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I try not to look back. I’m looking forward. I’m worried more about what I’m going to do next week than I am what I did last week. There are too many things to do. Looking back is for everybody else.
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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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Freedom is an abstract offshoot. You can’t describe freedom. How can you describe it? I tried and I failed.
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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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