Quotes By Neil Young

Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors out on the waves of the night, still the searcher must ride the dark horse racing alone in his fright.

Every junkie is like a setting sun.

I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.

Think I'll roll another number for the road.

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

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.

The punches came fast and hard, lying on my back in the school yard.

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

That's a defining moment, there, when someone plays an instrument that everyone relates to around the planet.

I've seen the needle and the damage done.

Let's roll for justice, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth.

If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm, get down on the ground and pretend you're swimming.

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

Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time.

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.

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.

I need a new unit to sample and hold, but not an angry one, a new design, new design.

Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.

I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.

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.