This is one of the first songs I recorded [likely August 1997], back when I thought I was doing an acoustic solo album. It's another one I wrote in the back of the bus, somewhere in Florida at some weird amusement park in the middle of the Everglades. I had this big piece of newspaper with felt tip marker writing all over it. It's kind of like 'Mr. Soul,' inasmuch as it was written on a piece of newspaper with a felt tip marker and it all came out in one long line and then it was done. Neil Young Reprise Silver & Gold promotional piece 2000

When I got back from doing the HORDE tour with Crazy Horse, I had written a couple of songs. So when I got home I figured the best thing to do was to record them right away. So I went into the studio a couple of days after I got home and recorded three or four - i think Silver & Gold, Without Rings and three or four others that I didn't use. And then I was going to make an acoustic album called Acoustica which I worked on developing ideas for, and I did a lot of recording for, where I was using tiny little instruments that I wanted to mic really well and make them really loud. And try to get in really close to get a different texture in the music. But I never could get what I was looking for. I'm going to try again sometime later. Neil Young Neil Young Words + Music promo release for Silver & Gold May 2000

I wrote it on the HORDE tour somewhere in Florida. Some weird amusement park in the middle of the Everglades or something. It was pouring rain. I was in the back of my bus. They had to stop the show for a while. So I wrote this song and I sang it an octave lower than in my usual range. And then I never really sung it again until I got home, But I just had this big piece of newspaper with all this felt tip marker writing all over it. It's kind of like Mr. Soul in as much I wrote it on a piece of newspaper with a felt tip marker and it all came out in one long line and it was done. Neil Young Neil Young Words + Music promo release for Silver & Gold May 2000