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

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"I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else."

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"There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high"

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"I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger."

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

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"A young man of pleasure is a man of pains."

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"I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better."

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"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."

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"I don't know if I'll find the cinnamon girl. I think I already did, but I'm still singing, who knows."

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"When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near."

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"I always play more than I talk, so the more I talk, the more I'll play."

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"Said the condor to the preying mantis, we're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis."

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"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."

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"I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master."

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"It's injustice. It's wrong. [The pipeline companies] didn't get the permission. They didn't do the things they should have done in the first place. They tried to just bully their way through there and they got stopped. But they're not really stopping."

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"I've seen the needle And the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie's Like a settin' sun."

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