Quotes

“One new feature or fresh take can change everything.” Neil Young

“Something comes along and you have to jump on and do it. You can't stop until it's done.” Neil Young

“Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement.” Neil Young

“The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.” Neil Young

“The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.” Neil Young

“The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe.” Neil Young

“The thing about my music is, there really is no point.” Neil Young

“There's an edge to real rock 'n' roll. It's all that matters.” Neil Young

“We need to spread out now in the universe. I think in 100 years we'll be living on other planets.” Neil Young

“With a lot of songs on this record, one verse doesn't relate to the next verse. I don't think that one day really relates to the next day in life.” Neil Young

“All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the '70s sounds nothing like the stuff from the '80s, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the '90s. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?” Neil Young

“Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.” Eric Clapton

“I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.” Eric Clapton

“An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.” Eric Clapton

“Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.” Eric Clapton

“One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.” Eric Clapton

“I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.” Eric Clapton

“From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.” Eric Clapton

“Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.” Eric Clapton

“I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.” Eric Clapton

“Music became a healer for me.” Eric Clapton

“It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.” Eric Clapton

“I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.” Eric Clapton

“I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.” Eric Clapton

“I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.” Eric Clapton

“But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.” Eric Clapton

“But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.” Eric Clapton

“I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.” Eric Clapton

“I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.” Eric Clapton

“I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.” Eric Clapton