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Neil Young Biography

Neil Percival Young, OC OM (born November 12, 1945), is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, director and screenwriter. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he formed Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Young had released two solo albums by the time he joined Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969, in addition to three as a member of Buffalo Springfield. From his early solo albums and those with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has recorded a steady stream of studio and live albums, sometimes warring with his recording company along the way.

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I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.

Day, Kinda, One Day, Song, Time, Wrote

Long, flat expanses of professionalism bother me. I'd rather have a band that could explode at any time.

Band, Bother, Expanses, Long, Professionalism, Time

This is the 21st century, we are a highly evolved race, our capabilities are so great compared to what we are doing. We have been lulled into addiction and everything is built around it and you have to break out of it and think outside of the box.

Addiction, Century, Evolved, Race, Thinking

Government can't completely take care of people by making a bunch of promises and programs. Organize your communities

Community, Government, Making, People, Take

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.

Born, Rock, Rocks, Song, Star, Stars

I've seen the needle and the damage done.

Alcohol, Done, Drug, Needle, Seen

My my, hey hey. . . Rock and roll is here to stay. Hey hey, my my. . . Rock and roll will never die.

Die, Hey, Rock, Rock And Roll, Rocks, Roll

I got religion in the airport, my Lord. They caught me waiting on my baggage when I was bored.

Airport, Airports, Bored, Religion, Religious

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

Afterthought, Bullshit, People, Taken, Told, Turned

[ 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.

Brought, People, Together, Unified, War, Youth

There's an edge to real rock 'n' roll. It's all that matters.

Edge, Matter, Matters, Real, Rocks

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.

Five, Moment, Moving, Native American, Years

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That's what rock 'n' roll is becoming. It's your parents' music.

Cashmere, Music, Parent, Rocks, Sweater, Sweaters

Most pleasures, like flowers when gathered die.

Flower, Pleasure, Dies, Pleasures, Flowers, Like

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

Grab, History, Moments, Rocks, Standing

Welfare mothers make better lovers.

Lovers, Make, Mother, Mothers, Quality, Welfare

You gotta keep changing. Shirts, old ladies, whatever.

Gotta, Keep, Ladies, Old, Old Lady, Shirts

Imagination is my best friend.

Friend, Imagination, My Best Friend, Song

I'm always open to new stuff. I don't sit and try to figure out what to do, I just wait for an idea to come.

Ideas, Sit, Stuff, Trying, Wait, Waiting

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

Comprehend, Cycles, Whole, Wise

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