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.

Quote by Neil Young

Topics: Neil Young Quotes

It's better to burn out than it is to rust.

It's better to burn out than it is to rust.

I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.

I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.

I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's...

I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's...

Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or...

Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or...

Better to burn out than rust out.

Better to burn out than rust out.

The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by...

The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by...

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the...

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the...

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing...

I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing...

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.

I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can...

I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can...

I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.

I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.

I just do what I do. I like to make music.

I just do what I do. I like to make music.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como...

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you'd see Perry Como...

It's cool to go places where working people are happy.

It's cool to go places where working people are happy.

I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could...

I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could...

It's better to burn out, then to fade away.

It's better to burn out, then to fade away.

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want...

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want...

With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next...

With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next...

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we...

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we...