Neil Young

Musician, Singer-Songwriter

Neil Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter known for his profound impact on rock music and activism, particularly in environmental and social justice causes.

Born
November 12, 1945
Quotes
271
Rank
#525

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

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"It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down."

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"Some get stoned, some get strange, but sooner or later it all gets real."

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"Out of the blue and into the black"

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"I don't like the current political system in the USA and some other countries. Increasingly democracy has been hijacked by corporate interests."

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

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"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."

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"Only love can break your heart."

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"The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong."

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"Corporations don't have children. They don't have feelings or souls. They don't depend on uncontaminated water, clean air, or healthy food to survive. They are beholden to one thing - the bottom line."

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"What's female beauty, but an air divine, thro' which the mind's all gentle graces shine? They, like the sun, irradiate all between; the body charms because the soul is seen."

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"The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe."

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"Freedom of choice is meaningless without knowledge. That's why it's crucial we all get engaged and get informed."

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"Most people think it's the other way around: that time is going faster and we're doing less. But really time seems to be going faster because we're cramming so much into it."

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"Love is a rose But you better not pick it. It only grows When it's on the vine. Handful of thorns And you'll know you missed it. You lose your love When you say the word MINE."

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"I'm not the same as I was long ago, I've learned some new things and I hope that it shows."

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"The money needed to run for office, the money spent on lobbying by special interests, the ever increasing economic disparity and the well-funded legislative decisions all favour corporate interests over the people's."

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