Quotes By Neil Young

Possessions and concessions are not often what they seem, they drag you down and load you down in disguise of security.

It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.

And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.

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

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

I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream.

I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream.

It's hard enough losing without the confusion of knowing I tried.

There is some blogging jerk out there who feels he can generalize his way to validity.

Welfare mothers make better lovers.

Though we rush ahead to save our time, we are only what we feel.

Having no knowledge is sometimes exactly what is needed to find a solution, so I qualified.

I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.

I don't look at a knife the way I used to. I'm more aware of what it is. I think twice. This is a key finger. It's in every chord.

Holding back is so close to stealing.

Because of Carrie, I have my wonderful son Zeke Young, who I love. So I would never change what happened.

Thank you, Buffalo Springfield. There will never be another. It's about chemistry. Love and chemistry.

When we were strangers, I liked you from afar when we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart

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

World Record" has a looseness and a spontaneity that's rare in new recordings. It reminds me a little of listening to old 78-r.p.m. records-most early recording artists had just one three-minute shot in front of the microphone, and sometimes things got a little wild, a little free. How do you purposefully cultivate that feeling in the studio?