FOREVER YOUNG: The Music of Neil Young as the Soundtrack of My Life Kindle Edition

"My old friend Constant has been with me now for 50 years, since we met on the Tonight’s the Night tour. His writing was refreshing to me; his attitude coming from a different place than most music writers I had met." – NEIL YOUNGDuring a visit to his ranch in California in the mid-1970s, Neil asked if I was planning to write a book about him. “I’m not ready to write a book about you,” I answered in all honesty. “Of course, I would like to, but I feel too much like a fan right now. Maybe later, when I have a little more distance to the subject.” That distance has never really come, quite the contrary. Looking back after half a century, Neil’s autobiography – as told through his songs – never deviated far from mine. He is still with me, as I am still with him. Could it be that it was not me who chose him, but that he instead chose me? That my life and his music remain entwined for ever and ever? That is why this book is as much a story of Neil Young as it is the story of my own life, the life of an (almost) unconditional fan.When I began my career as a rock journalist in 1971, my first and foremost ambition was to interview my hero and North American soulmate. Unfortunately, and I confess this right at the beginning, I never succeeded. In spite of my relentless efforts, we never actually sat down for a formal interview. But I never gave up trying, and Neil and I have had quite a few encounters over the last fifty years. Encounters that I meticulously entrusted to paper, not from an interviewer’s point of view, but rather as a fly on the wall. Read more