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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?

Neil Young

Learning from other people is what music is all about.
NEIL YOUNG

Learn Music Other People
The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we’re creating now, we’re pollinating the universe.
NEIL YOUNG

Creating Rocket Satellite
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.
NEIL YOUNG

Life Song Think
You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever.
NEIL YOUNG

Change Lady Old Shirt
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.
NEIL YOUNG

Looks Next Trying Week
The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong.
NEIL YOUNG

Artist Strong Yield
Hard working people stopping for a drink on the way to work.
NEIL YOUNG

Hard People Song Work
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.
NEIL YOUNG

Gone Minimal Overdub Real
Everybody 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.
NEIL YOUNG

Run Travel Wonder
Welfare mothers make better lovers.
NEIL YOUNG

Lover Mother Quality
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 YOUNG

Building Picture Record
Are you negative in a world that never stops turning on you?
NEIL YOUNG

Negative Song World
As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
NEIL YOUNG

Mystique People Soon Talk
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.
NEIL YOUNG

Downtown People Talk
Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.
NEIL YOUNG

Down Drag Philosophy
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 YOUNG

Eye Music People

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