This is a new song about ummm ... it's about a ... it's a broadway musical. Some people look at their life and say, "well, my life's like a movie". They talk about what scenes went down. In some movies there's tunes you know. This is like a show tune from my movie.
Neil Young
Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
January 19, 1971, Early Show
This is another new song. It's called A Man Needs A Maid. It doesn't really mean what it says. It's just the idea that anyone would think enough to say something like that would show that something else was happening. So don't take it personally when I say it. I don't really want a maid.
Neil Young
Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
January 21, 1971, Early Show