Quotes By Neil Young

Old man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you were.

Without freedom of expression, good taste means nothing.

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.

Ain't singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody, makes me look like a joke.

I love it when people yell at me about the environment and then I tell 'em I'm burning 90% cleaner than them.

Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.

Hate was just a legend and war was never known. The people worked together and they lifted many stones.

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.

I'm not waiting for times to change I want to live like a free-roaming soul on the highway of our love.

A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.

I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.

I don't have to perform to stay in the public eye anymore. I really don't. I am who I am and what I do on musical stage these days really makes no difference at all. I already have all the momentum there. I am only doing it because I love to do it.

I do not trust self serving misinformation coming from corporations and their media trolls. I do not trust politicians who are taking millions from those corporations either. I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.

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.

I have no idea who's steering, and I don't really care .. I just keep going whatever the inclination is ... there are threads that are continuous and hold everything together and a major thread is country music.

Every wave is new until it breaks.

Mother Goose, she's on the skids. Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids.

Went looking for faith on the forest floor, and it showed up everywhere. In the sun, and the water, and the falling leaves, the falling leaves of time.

I see a woman in the night with a baby in her hand, under an old street light near a garbage can.