Top 51 Quotes by Neil Young

About Neil Young

These are some quotes by Canadian author Neil Young Musician, who was born on November 12, 1945.

I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.

I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years.

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

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.

Neil Young

I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.

I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.

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.

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

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

Neil Young

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.

Neil Young

I don't like the American media - particularly Fox.

I don't like the American media - particularly Fox.

Neil Young

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

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.

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

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