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> [Better to burn out than rust out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/better-to-burn-out-than-rust-out/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

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> [It's better to burn out than it is to rust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/it-s-better-to-burn-out-than-it-is-to-rust/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

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> [“I'd rather burn out than rust.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/i-d-rather-burn-out-than-rust/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

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> [It is better to burn out then fade away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/it-is-better-to-burn-out-then-fade-away/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

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## Other authors on Burn

## More by Neil Young

> [A lot of people that buy vinyl today don’t realise that they’re listening to CD masters on vinyl and that’s because the record companies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/a-lot-of-people-that-buy-vinyl-today-don-t-realise-that-they-re/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [Let's roll for justice, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/let-s-roll-for-justice-let-s-roll-for-truth-let-s-not-let-our/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them. And I try to forgive them anyway I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/don-t-feel-like-satan-but-i-am-to-them-and-i-try-to-forgive-them/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can he remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/i-never-knew-a-man-could-tell-so-many-lies-he-had-a-different-story/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/it-s-the-woman-in-you-that-makes-you-want-to-play-this-game/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [Keep it moving. Don't hoard. Money's no good, get rid of it. Turn it into people doing things. Turn it into jobs. Turn it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/keep-it-moving-don-t-hoard-money-s-no-good-get-rid-of-it-turn-it-into/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/my-dad-passed-away-and-suddenly-i-found-myself-at-the-top-of-the-tree/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [The Arabic states have to be integrated into the Iraqi reconstruction. We need the help of the Arabic community, which understands its culture. Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/the-arabic-states-have-to-be-integrated-into-the-iraqi-reconstruction/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [Said the condor to the preying mantis, we're gonna lose this place just like we lost Atlantis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/said-the-condor-to-the-preying-mantis-we-re-gonna-lose-this-place/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/with-crazy-horse-it-s-all-one-big-growing-smoldering-sound-and-i-m/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/it-doesn-t-mean-that-much-to-me-to-mean-that-much-to-you/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [Cocaine eyes won't hide your face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/cocaine-eyes-won-t-hide-your-face/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [Now I'm livin' out here on the beach, but those seagulls are still out of reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/now-i-m-livin-out-here-on-the-beach-but-those-seagulls-are-still-out/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [I've always been better moving than I am standing still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/i-ve-always-been-better-moving-than-i-am-standing-still/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

> [Don't think. The worst songs I've ever written happen when I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/don-t-think-the-worst-songs-i-ve-ever-written-happen-when-i-think/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

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