I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years. – Neil Young
To protect our freedoms, it seems we’re going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time. – Neil Young
As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn’t see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more. – Neil Young
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. – Neil Young
Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you’re supporting everything they do. – Neil Young
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. – Neil Young
With Crazy Horse, it’s all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I’m part of it. It’s like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing. – Neil Young
This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it’s a four-year story. – Neil Young
All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don’t subscribe to any of that. It’s all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the ’70s sounds nothing like the stuff from the ’80s, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the ’90s. Who’s to say what is and isn’t a certain type of music? – Neil Young
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. – Neil Young
I don’t like war. I particularly don’t like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of. – Neil Young
Of course you have to support the troops. They’re just kids. They’re doing for their country what’s expected of them. – Neil Young
Something comes along and you have to jump on and do it. You can’t stop until it’s done. – Neil Young
I’m not into organized religion. I’m into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we’re all just part of nature. – Neil Young
I don’t like to be labeled, to be anything. I’ve made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it’s counter-productive. – Neil Young
