Neil Young Quotes

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Raine — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:32:27 +0000

Everytime I think about back home, it’s cool and breezy. I wish that I could be there right now just passing time.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Raine — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:30:08 +0000

Everybody seems to wonder what it’s like down here. [But] I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around – everybody knows this is nowhere.

Cinnamon Girl

Raine — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:18:28 +0000

A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night: you [can] see us together, chasing the moonlight – my cinnamon girl.

Cinnamon Girl

Raine — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:13:10 +0000

I wanna live with a cinnamon girl; I can be happy the rest of my life with a cinnamon girl.

The Last Trip To Tulsa

Raine — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:06:30 +0000

Well, I used to drive a cab, you know; [then] I heard a siren scream: pulled over to the corner, and I fell into a dream. There were two men eating pennies, and three young girls who cried, “The West coast is falling – I see rocks in the sky!”

“I see country music, I see people who take care of their own…”

Raine — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:31:14 +0000

I see country music, I see people who take care of their own. You got 75 year-old guys on the road. That’s what I was put here to do, y’know, so I wanna make sure I surround myself with people who are gonna take care of me. ‘Cause I’m in it for the long run. Willie Nelson’s 54 years-old* and he’s a happy man, doing what he loves to do. I can’t think of one rock and roller like that. So what am I gonna do?

- Neil Young in “Legend of a Loner”, an interview with Adam Swetting in Melody Maker; 7th September 1985 [source]

* this age was true in 1985. Willie Nelson’s date of birth is 29th April 1933 – so get that calculator out!

The Last Trip To Tulsa

Raine — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:05:52 +0000

‘Cause you’re the kind of man, you know, who likes what he says. (I wonder what’s it’s like to be so far over my head?)

The Last Trip To Tulsa

Raine — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:04:10 +0000

The preacher took his bible and laid it on the stool. He said, “with the congregation running, why should I play the fool?”

The Last Trip To Tulsa

Raine — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:01:38 +0000

I was chopping down a palm tree, when a friend dropped by to ask if I would feel less lonely if he helped me swing the axe. I said “No, it’s not a case of being lonely we have here – I’ve been working on this palm tree for eighty-seven years!”

He said “Go get lost!” – and walked towards his Cadillac; I chopped down the palm tree, and it landed on his back.

What Did You Do To My Life?

Raine — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:40:37 +0000

It’s hard enough losing, without the confusion of knowing I tried. But you’ve made your mind up; that I’ll be alone now, there’s nothing to hide.