“It’s better to burn out than to fade away, Neil Young famously sang.
And he’s writing a science fiction novel calledCanary.
You’ve had a long ride with Crazy Horse, ever sinceEverybody Knows This Is Nowherein 1969.
Does it feel like 50 years?
I’d like to do more.
We’re all on the same page and doing it for the same reason to serve the music.
It’s all we’ve ever done.
We’re not going to make a crappy record after being together for 50 years.
This record is not that different from what we sounded like 50 years ago.
There’s still that spark of youth.
Much ofColoradofocuses on climate change and the environment.
It’s the only thing that really matters.
People on the streets can’t see past next week.
They’re not thinking about their kids or their kids kids.
I don’t fly anymore, except to Europe.
I can’t do the (Swedish climate activist) Greta Thunberg thing.
She’s so great.
I tried to reach her but she’s swamped; I couldn’t get her.
I just wanted to tell her to remain positive and not be emotional.
you’ve got the option to’t give them anything like that to work with.
“Rainbow of Colors looks at intolerance and immigration.
I reject outright the idea of locking people out and putting up walls.
It doesn’t make sense to me.
I see immigration as one offshoot of the climate crisis.
People are moving across borders because where they are has gotten sick.
It’s not a good planet right now.
If radio doesn’t playColorado, who will hear it?
It will do what it does.
Now people don’t buy CDs, they stream, so you don’t know how it does.
There’s no feedback loop.
Nobody has been able to explain to me how I get paid for streaming.
Apparently they don’t have the technology to tell you how many times your songs are played.
So I’m throwing it into a black hole.
