Latest Neil Young Quotes from Interviews

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• Five hundred years later we're still doing it. This is a moment where we're either going to reaffirm that's what we do [with Native Americans ], that's who we are, or we're going to start moving toward change. A change won't come easy, because there's a lot of big money that doesn't care about any of this.

  Neil Young

  Moving, Native American, Years

  "For Neil Young, the Trump Era Feels a Lot Like the ’60s". Interview With Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. December 11, 2016.

• 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.

  Neil Young

  Should Have, Bully, Stopping

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Standing Rock is a moment in history. We really have to grab it and go with it.

  Neil Young

  Rocks, Moments, Standing

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change.

  Neil Young

  Art, Communication, Media

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• [ Vietnam War] brought the people together and made the '60s like they were. The youth were very unified against the status quo - against the old line and the new old line. It's the same exact thing today.

  Neil Young

  War, People, Together

• We had the Vietnam War in the '60s, and there was a draft. The students didn't believe in it, and it unified them.

  Neil Young

  War, Believe, Vietnam

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• The artists always reflect the times, so there's a lot to think about, a lot of unknowns, a lot of things that are describable. This is the closest I've seen to the kind of ambience that made the '60s happen. It's not about the artist having a responsibility to do anything. They have to be artists and express themselves and everything will work out fine.

  Neil Young

  Responsibility, Artist, Thinking

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• The youth of this country are not behind what is going on. We all know that. If you looked at a [political] map of the United States 25 and under, it's all-revealing. It's a unified map.

  Neil Young

  Country, Political, United States

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• This time [2016] is very similar to the '60s, as far as I can tell.

  Neil Young

  I Can

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Now I'm at a point where I decided I'm going to be in the studio for a while, at least until I finish this record I'm working on now. I should have two, three, four of the sessions that I had that were similar to the sessions for Peace Trail before I have a complete record.

  Neil Young

  Should Have, Two, Three

  "For Neil Young, the Trump Era Feels a Lot Like the ’60s". www.motherjones.com. December 11, 2016.

• I think [song 'Can't Stop Workin'] it's the constant work; performing and traveling. It gets to be a bit of a strain. But if you pace yourself, which I've managed to do, you can go pretty well.

  Neil Young

  Song, Thinking, Pace

• I do one take; I never overdubbed twice. I know there's stuff that isn't perfect, but it doesn't matter: Nothing is perfect, and there is a magic there that is undeniable because of the fact that we don't care about those things.

  Neil Young

  Perfect, Magic, Care

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I think the ultimate result of it is you can get inside the record.

  Neil Young

  Thinking, Records, Results

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Everything is minimal, and if it's over, it's over. We're abrupt with things: in and out. Especially if it's an overdub - it's gone. It does something that's not real.

  Neil Young

  Real, Doe, Gone

  "For Neil Young, the Trump Era Feels a Lot Like the ’60s". Interview With Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. December 11, 2016.

• It's the way I like to work for these kinds of songs [like "Peace Trail"]. It was the right time of the month; everything was looking good.

  Neil Young

  Song, Way, Months

• I would play all the parts of the song, show them the way it went together. Then I'd basically break down an arrangement - I wouldn't plan endings or beginnings - so they knew everything that was going on. I had the lyrics on a prompter so that I could remember everything I'd written, and I was able to just get into the groove and play with them. I think "Peace Trail" is one of the exceptions, where it's a later take. It just happened really quickly.

  Neil Young

  Song, Thinking, Play

  "For Neil Young, the Trump Era Feels a Lot Like the ’60s". Interview With Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. December 11, 2016.

• Nothing is perfect...We're really more interested in what we're saying than how we're saying it.

  Neil Young

  Perfect, Nothing Is Perfect

  "For Neil Young, the Trump Era Feels a Lot Like the ’60s". Interview With Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. December 11, 2016.

• I called the guys from Promise of the Real, whom I've been playing with, and they were all on the road. Right after I hung up the phone, I wrote another song and started writing another, and I'm going, "Hey, I can't wait. I should be doing this now!" My experience tells me that when it's there, it's there, and you can't make it wait. So I got Jimmy Keltner and Paul Bushnell, two good guys, and went in and did this record ["Peace Trail"].

  Neil Young

  Song, Real, Writing

  "For Neil Young, the Trump Era Feels a Lot Like the ’60s". Interview With Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. December 11, 2016.

• I like to go in right away as soon as I have things.

  Neil Young

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I started writing "Peace Trail" here in Colorado, then I went back to California. I had a few other tunes going around in my head, so I had a couple of them finished after a few days and then I wanted to go into the studio.

  Neil Young

  Couple, Writing, California

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I do not trust self serving misinformation coming from corporations and their media trolls. I do not trust politicians who are taking millions from those corporations either. I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.

  Neil Young

  Self, Media, People

  "Donald Trump Slams 'Total Hypocrite' Neil Young Over Music Snub" by Ed Mazza, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 25, 2015.

• Mothers need to know what they are feeding their children. They need the freedom to make educated choices at the market.

  Neil Young

  Mother, Children, Choices

• I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.

  Neil Young

  People, Candidates

  "Donald Trump Slams 'Total Hypocrite' Neil Young Over Music Snub" by Ed Mazza, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 25, 2015.

• Freedom of choice is meaningless without knowledge. That's why it's crucial we all get engaged and get informed.

  Neil Young

  Choices, Freedom Of Choice, Engaged

• When I speak out on corporations hurting the common man or the environment or other species, I expect a well-financed disinformation campaign to be aimed my way.

  Neil Young

  Hurt, Men, Speaks Out