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 YOUNGEverybody 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.
More Neil Young Quotes
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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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Cocaine eyes won’t hide your face.
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The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we’re creating now, we’re pollinating the universe.
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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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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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Welfare mothers make better lovers.
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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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Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
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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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I want to be a reflection of what’s going on and let people draw their own conclusions.
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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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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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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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Music lovers always want to hear the best. It’s about freedom of choice, we supply the music.
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