Neil Quotes

The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2.

I remember; I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong put feet in the moon.

But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery... that he was coming back to the world of the living.

I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.

I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.

I wasn't a rock 'n' roll girl. I said, Neil Young, Neil Young, where do I know that name from?

Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet.

Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy.

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.

Neil Armstrong, when he was out there landing on the moon, I was there first.

If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young.

As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.

You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.