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" If you don't want to be there, it shows in the energy that you put out and in your actions. "

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" I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind. "

" I think Stills has been playing better than ever. I know a lot of it sounds self-serving, but he truly has. "

" You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic. "

" Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound and, of course, he is an incredible musician. We became a better band because of the inclusion of Neil Young. "

" With Crosby, Stills, and Nash and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young... we're very strong individuals, and we want our lives to be led the way we want them to. "

" This digital world is completely fascinating to me. "

" I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. "

" Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions. "

" I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years. "

" I've been listening to a lot of Hollies stuff lately, and it's beginning to sound pretty good to me. "

" We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think music is incredibly important, especially in today's chaos. "

" I'm trying to communicate here. I'm a communicator, I like to communicate, and if a million people buy it then we've touched a million people, if only 10 people buy it, then we've only touched 10, and that's important, because I'm satisfied with only 10. But, I love a million. "

" The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys. "

" We only had enough money really to cut 10 things and be in there for a month because it's expensive, you know. And, singer/songwriters, today are lucky if they can get a deal, you know. So, we actually worked so fast that we really cut 20 things. "

" Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more. People feel much more connected to the song because there's nothing in the way, and I actually enjoy doing that. "

" If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago. "

" If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms. "

" We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing. "

" I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist. "

" Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on. "

" There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling. "

" I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally. "

" I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought that that was absurd because, first of all it had gone so fast, I didn't really realize, neither did David, that it had been that long. "

" I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin. "

" People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately. "

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" When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy. "

" I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect. "