Neil Young Quotes on Music
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'I guess I'll call it sickness gone' - 'Ambulance Blues', referring to the drug related death of bandmate Danny Whitten
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'Shelter me from the powder and the finger / Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger.' - 'Powderfinger'
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'Live music is better! Bumper stickers should be issued!' - 'Union Man'
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'It's all one song.' -- Replying to a man in the audience, who said 'It all sounds the same!'
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'Smell the horse on this one <sniff><sniff>' -- While performing with Crazy Horse
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'Getting sued by your record company for making 'uncommercial records' after twenty years in the business, that's even better than receiving a Grammy' -- After Geffen Records had accused him of making 'albums impossible to promote'.
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'I can't play that without the band... Don't worry, I came prepared. This is a big gig for me.' -- Replying to a request from the audience during a February 27, 1971 solo show at Royal Festival Hall, London.
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'I am Stephen Stills.' -- Replying to a audience member who yelled for his fellow CSNY member at a show in 1978.
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'You better see a doctor.' -- Replying to a fan who said 'Neil Young makes the pain go away' at United Palace Theatre in New York City, December 18, 2007.