Neil Young Quotes - Page 6

My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.

A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.

Did He give me the gift of love to say who I could choose? When God made me did He give me the gift of voice so some could silence me? Did he give me the gift of vision not knowing what I might see? Did he give me the gift of compassion to help my fellow man?

As soon as you start preaching, nobody wants to hear you because then you're a jerk.

In the fields of opportunity it's plowing time again.

I like it if people enjoy what I'm doing, but if they don't, I also like it. I sometimes really like aggravating people with what I do. I think it's good for them.

I do one take; I never overdubbed twice. I know there's stuff that isn't perfect, but it doesn't matter: Nothing is perfect, and there is a magic there that is undeniable because of the fact that we don't care about those things.

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl.

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.

Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement.

Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them. And I try to forgive them anyway I can.

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.

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

Was he a doper or was he just a loser?

I've seen the needle and the damage done.

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

Look at mother nature on the run in the 1970's.

Think I'll roll another number for the road

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock 'n' roll is becoming. It's your parents' music.

This old world keeps spinnin’ round; It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t layin’ down.

Lust comes creeping through the night to feed on hearts of suburban wives who learned to pretend when they met their dreams end.

It's gotta be fun, if it's not fun it's not worth doing. Music is about having a good time feeling your soul, whether it makes you laugh or it makes you cry, just so long as you feel as much as you can. That's the mission of Pono.

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