Neil Young Comes Clean →
David Carr wrote a great profile of Neil Young for this weekend’s New York Times Magazine. Some choice nuggets:
Carr on driving with Young to his ranch: “Others might have an electronic gate, but Young likes the mechanical experience of slipping a key into a padlock and swinging something open.”
Carr on Crazy Horse live: “Seeing them play was like watching an ancient steam shovel unfurl, claw the night air and dig in.”
Young on Crazy Horse: “The songs the Horse likes to consume are always heartfelt and do not need to have anything fancy associated with them. The Horse is very suspicious of tricks.”
Dylan on Young: “An artist like Neil always has the upper hand. It’s the pop world that has to make adjustments. All the conventions of the pop world are only temporary and carry no weight. It’s basically two different things that have nothing to do with each other.”
Young on his 3,000 sq. ft. model train barn: “I am the Wizard of Oz in here. I can make anything happen because I know how it all works. Music is math.”
Young on quitting pot: “I did it for 40 years. Now I want to see what it’s like to not do it. It’s just a different perspective.”
Neil Young, job creator: “I spend it all. I like to employ people and make stuff. It will be my undoing.”
Young’s awesomely titled autobiography, Waging Heavy Peace, is out next week.
