Neil Young
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Neil Young (born November 12, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has become one of the most respected and influential musicians of his generation. He famously collaborated with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash on much of his early music.
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Song Lyrics
"What is the color when black is burned" - I am a Child
- *"If you guarantee the postage, I'll mail you back the keys." - The Last Trip to Tulsa (1969)
- "I guess I'll call it sickness gone" - 'Ambulance Blues', referring to the drug related death of bandmate Danny Whitten
- "I have seen you in the movies, and in those magazines at night. I saw you on the barstool, when you held that glass so tight." -- from "Barstool Blues"
- "Will I see you give more than I can take? / Will I only harvest some? / As the days fly past will we lose our grasp / Or fuse it in the sun? / Did she wake you up to tell you that / It was only a change of plan? /Dream up, dream up, let me fill your cup / With the promise of a man." -- from "Harvest"
- "The same thing that makes you live can kill you in the end." - 'From Hank to Hendrix'
- "It's better to burn out than to fade away." -- from "My My, Hey Hey", allegedly quoted by Kurt Cobain in his suicide note.
- "Just think of me as one you'd never figure would fade away so young." -- from 'Powderfinger' ("Rust Never Sleeps")
- "There is a town / In north Ontario / Dream comfort memory despair / And in my mind / I still need a place to go / All my changes were there." - 'Helpless'
- "And my little box / At the top of the stair / And an Indian rug / And a pipe to share." - 'Pocahontas'
- "It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down" - 'Saddle Up The Palomino'
- "Need distraction / Need romance and candlelight / Need random violence / Need entertainment tonight / Need the evidence / Want the testimony of / Expert witnesses / On the brutal crimes of love" - "I'm the Ocean"
- "The economy was getting so bad, I had to lay myself off." - Old Ways (1986)
- "And we'll be watching you / No matter what you do / And you can do your part / By watchin' others too." - Leave the Driving (2003)
- "You're all just pissin in the wind / you don't know it but you are." - 'Ambulance Blues'
- "Don't feel like Satan but I am to them." - 'Rockin' In The Free World'
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- "Man, that's my style!" -- When asked by the producer of "Tears Are Not Enough" (the Canadian counterpart to "We Are The World") to sing his line again because it sounded "a little flat".
- "You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever."
- "It all sounds the same!" "It's all one song." -- Replying to a man in the audience.
- "Smell the horse on this one <sniff><sniff>" -- While performing with Crazy Horse
- "Getting sued by your record company for making 'uncommercial records' after twenty years in the business, that's even better than receiving a Grammy" -- After Geffen Records had accused him of making "albums impossible to promote".
- "Heart of Gold put me in the middle of the road. Travelling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride, but I saw more interesting people there." -- Expressing his disdain for the fame that he received from his song Heart of Gold
- "I can't play that without the band... Don't worry, I came prepared" -- Replying to a request from the audience during a 1973 solo show.
- "As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none." -- Interview for Rolling Stone magazine.
