Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band

Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home sailing a big boat to Bermuda in his 20s. I still have it.

My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written things that responded to the world as it slapped us in the face. Me and Nash, singing "To the Last Whale" and "Find the Cost of Freedom". Stills coming up with "For What It's Worth". These came right out of the news. People have accused us of taking stances and the truth is we don't.

The easiest way to get laid by a girl, or get rid of her, is to write a song about her.

There has never been a communism that worked. They were all dictatorships or oligarchies, every single one.

Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.

My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.