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Neil Young

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Neil Young may not have a Wikipedia page, but their words have earned a place in our collection all the same. The range of their thinking — from Music to War — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 18 quotes by Neil Young that cover ground from Music, War, Religion, Power, and Nature. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "Live music is better."

“One new feature or fresh take can change everything.”

— Neil Young

Change

All Quotes by 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

Music

“Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.”

— Neil Young

Business

“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.”

— Neil Young

Music

“The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.”

— Neil Young

Music

“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

Future

“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

War

“One new feature or fresh take can change everything.”

— Neil Young

Change

“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

Music

“My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.”

— Neil Young

Music

“It's cool to go places where working people are happy.”

— Neil Young

Cool

“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

Music

“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

Nature

“Live music is better.”

— Neil Young

Music

“I just do what I do. I like to make music.”

— Neil Young

Music

“The thing about my music is, there really is no point.”

— Neil Young

Music