Neil Young Quotes

The king is gone but he's not forgotten

I think in some ways - only in some ways - but in some ways, rock and roll has let me down. It really doesn't leave you a way to grow old gracefully and continue to work.

There's two kinds of love, one is wrong and one is right.

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.

We have a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder gentler machine gun hand.

I've seen the needle and the damage done.

Was he a doper or was he just a loser?

No one has the answers, but one thing is true. You got to turn on evil, when its coming after you.

Are you negative in a world that never stops turning on you?

I'm free to give my love, but you're not the one I'm thinking of.

Standing Rock is a moment in history. We really have to grab it and go with it.

There were some things Reagan liked that I liked. The main component was that people have to talk to each other and help themselves.

Hard working people stopping for a drink on the way to work.

We live in the digital age, and unfortunately it's degrading our music, not improving.

Faith builds the bridge from this old world to the new.

Like a mountain that's growing.

I may not be the devil, but I know just how he feels.

Vinyl is great, I made a lot of vinyl, but I don't want new vinyl that's from digital sources, because that's a rip off.

I don't know if I want White America to remember or fortoget that Jesus Christ was the first non-violent revolutionary.

I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.

It's all very hazy to me now. I'm glad I made it through that stage. It got a little dicey. There were some drugs going on. I remember singing one song for about a day and a half.

If I could go back in time and see any band, It would be Link Wray and the Raymen.

I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere.

When I first tried out some hash, smoked some then. And I'll do it again, if only I had some cash.

Took out Skinny Minnie, Long Tall Sally, and Short Fat Fanny, but I'm kinda fonda Wanda.

This time [2016] is very similar to the '60s, as far as I can tell.

It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.

I think [song 'Can't Stop Workin'] it's the constant work; performing and traveling. It gets to be a bit of a strain. But if you pace yourself, which I've managed to do, you can go pretty well.

Starts out slow and then fizzles out altogether.

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.

The politics, I don't understand it, I'm not happy, don't feel good about it.

The way in which the USA and Great Britain delivered Iraq to the Iraqis, the way and means that this played out, that is the endgame.

It's the way I like to work for these kinds of songs [like "Peace Trail"]. It was the right time of the month; everything was looking good.

The Arabic states have to be integrated into the Iraqi reconstruction. We need the help of the Arabic community, which understands its culture. Americans arrive, invade, occupy.

People don't normally change when things are going well. But I want to see what's next and keep moving. That keeps things fresh.

I want to be a reflection of what's going on and let people draw their own conclusions.

I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.

I think the ultimate result of it is you can get inside the record.

My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.

I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.

Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change.

We don't build a record. We're taking a picture of it. We're not building an image; we're capturing an image.

We have to understand that people are different. I don't know, if we really understand who we're dealing with over there.

I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.

Mothers need to know what they are feeding their children. They need the freedom to make educated choices at the market.

It's stupid to expect perfection from bands because afterall they're just human beings.

The youth of this country are not behind what is going on. We all know that. If you looked at a [political] map of the United States 25 and under, it's all-revealing. It's a unified map.

I like to go in right away as soon as I have things.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.