Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC OMis a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, producer, director and screenwriter. He began performing in a group covering Shadows instrumentals in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield together with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, and later joined Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. He released his first album in 1968 and has since forged a successful and acclaimed solo career, spanning over 45 years and 35 studio...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth12 November 1945
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
One good thing about the past is that you can't change it. So there's no reason to go back. It's there. It is what it is. The only thing you can change is right now and what's happening next.
I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm kind of a nature guy. My cathedral is forests, or the prairies, or the beach.
Love is a rose But you better not pick it. It only grows When it's on the vine. Handful of thorns And you'll know you missed it. You lose your love When you say the word MINE.
Government can't completely take care of people by making a bunch of promises and programs. Organize your communities
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.
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.
Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.
I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.
A job is never truly finished. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while.
I love it when people yell at me about the environment and then I tell 'em I'm burning 90% cleaner than them.
Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.
And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.
I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.