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.
NEIL YOUNGKeep on rockin’ in the free world.
More Neil Young Quotes
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Learning from other people is what music is all about.
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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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Think I’ll roll another number for the road
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Are you negative in a world that never stops turning on you?
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Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.
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The thing about my music is, there really is no point.
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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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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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Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
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I started writing “Peace Trail” here in Colorado, then I went back to California. I had a few other tunes going around in my head, so I had a couple of them finished after a few days and then I wanted to go into the studio.
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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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An idea discovered is much better possessed.
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As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
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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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Freedom is an abstract offshoot. You can’t describe freedom. How can you describe it? I tried and I failed.
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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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You were born to rock, you’ll never be an opera star.
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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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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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There’s an edge to real rock ‘n’ roll. It’s all that matters.
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Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
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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 is better to burn out then fade away
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Welfare mothers make better lovers.
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True love opens the gates of time.
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Cocaine eyes won’t hide your face.
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