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33 Great Quotes By Neil Young That Will Make You Tap Your Feet

Famous As: Rock Singer-Songwriter Famous As The 'Godfather of Grunge'

Born On: 1945

Born In: Toronto, Canada

Age: 79 Years

Neil Young is one of the greatest Canadian musicians, famous as a singer-songwriter, screenwriter and a producer. He was attracted to music at an early age and pursued his passion to evolve as a great musician. He has been a part of many bands in his initial days and has sung numerous rock singles throughout his life. At an early age of 18 he formed his first stable band ‘The Squires’, which witnessed his serious attitude towards music. He further separated from the band to sing solos and recorded his first hit ‘Flying on the Ground is Wrong’. This increased his desire to gain success and he joined the ‘Buffalo Springfield Band’. Their first album gave Neil his first bite of fame which encouraged them to do a couple of commercial hits before splitting up. He has done more than 30 studio albums which have been greatly appreciated. His most notable song was the “Heart of Gold” which topped the charts of hit songs. He has also directed some very successful movies like the ‘Journey Through the Past’. His collections of awards include two of the reputed ‘Grammy Award’. Here are some inspiring quotes and thoughts by the rock star which define the relation between music and intellect. Read on the compilation of sayings and quotations by Neil Young which have been extracted from the vast sea of his works.

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If you follow every dream, you might get lost.

If you follow every dream, you might get lost.
You
Neil Young

Keep on rockin' in the free world.
Neil Young

And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.

And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.
Neil Young

It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.

It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.
You Me
Neil Young

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.
You Will
Neil Young

This old world keeps spinnin’ round; It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t layin’ down.

This old world keeps spinnin’ round; It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t layin’ down.
Neil Young

Give a hippie too much money and anything can happen.

Give a hippie too much money and anything can happen.
Money
Neil Young

When we were strangers, I liked you from afar
when we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart

When we were strangers, I liked you from afar when we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart
You Heart I
Neil Young

There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high

There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high
Like I
Neil Young

I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream

I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream
You I
Neil Young

I love it when people yell at me about the environment and then I tell 'em I'm burning 90% cleaner than them.

I love it when people yell at me about the environment and then I tell 'em I'm burning 90% cleaner than them.
Me Love I
Neil Young

A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.

A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
Never
Neil Young

It's hard enough losing with out the confusion of knowing I tried.

It's hard enough losing with out the confusion of knowing I tried.
I
Neil Young

As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.

As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
You
Neil Young

It's better to burn out than it is to rust.

It's better to burn out than it is to rust.
Neil Young

Out of the blue and into the black
Neil Young

I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream

I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream
Like I
Neil Young

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.

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.
Me Music I
Neil Young

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.
You
Neil Young

There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead. I don't feel like a satan but I guess I am...keep on rockin' the free world.

There's a lot of people saying we'd be better off dead. I don't feel like a satan but I guess I am...keep on rockin' the free world.
Like I
Neil Young

I think if you don't have some obsession in your life, you're dead.

I think if you don't have some obsession in your life, you're dead.
You Life Think I
Neil Young

And there ain't nothin' like a friend who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind. -- Neil Young,

And there ain't nothin' like a friend who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind. -- Neil Young, "Ambulance Blues" from "On the Beach" (1974)
You Like Young
Neil Young

Piracy is the new radio.
Neil Young

You know, the future's a huge, gigantic place. I have no idea what's going on out there, I'm just going to walk into it and see what happens.

You know, the future's a huge, gigantic place. I have no idea what's going on out there, I'm just going to walk into it and see what happens.
You I
Neil Young

I dislike what has happened to the quality of the sound of music; there is little depth or feeling left, and people can't get what they need from listening to music anymore, so it is dying.

I dislike what has happened to the quality of the sound of music; there is little depth or feeling left, and people can't get what they need from listening to music anymore, so it is dying.
Need Music I
Neil Young

I still remember "the mighty Cros" visiting the ranch in his van. That van was a rolling laboratory that made Jack Casady's briefcase look like chicken feed. Forget I said that! Was my mic on?
Like I
Neil Young