If statues could speak and Casey was still at bat, some promoter somewhere would be making deals with ticketron right now. Neil Young Decade liner notes 1977

The way others recall the song’s origin reveals a Warholian quality in the way Young would snatch art from anywhere: Carrie Snodgress remembers walking around the house whistling the tune Young copped for the melody. Sandy Mazzeo recalls telling Neil that day about his infamous friend and prostitution-rights advocate Margo St. James, who had invited all of them to her Hooker’s Ball, where tickets were a then exorbitant $10. Jimmy McDonough "Shakey" by Jimmy McDonough 2002