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
Some get stoned, some get strange, but sooner or later it all gets real.
Corporations don't have children. They don't have feelings or souls. They don't depend on uncontaminated water, clean air, or healthy food to survive. They are beholden to one thing - the bottom line.
I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.
My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.
I look at radio as gone … Piracy is the new radio, that’s how music gets around.
The thing about my music is, there really is no point.
There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high
Faith is not reason's labour, but repose.
Freedom of choice is meaningless without knowledge. That's why it's crucial we all get engaged and get informed.
I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued to explore it.
All these people talking about morality should just take a walk downtown. They don't want to go downtown because instantly they see homeless people and they don't want to.
The devil fools with the best laid plans.
As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none.
I'll go for things that I know are going to be wrong, with a vengeance