Written by: Neil Young/Ben Keith
Song View:
BF: What was the radio reaction to "Payola Blues" (Everybody's Rockin')? Did you get any flak from that?
NY: Yeah. I guess there was a little flak, it was kind of an embarrassment to some people. But it was all in good fun. That's the way it is anyway, everybody knows that. It's all about money, the whole thing. Anybody who thinks it isn't is kidding themselves and everybody else. Because what goes on in parking lots is nobody's business but those people who are there, and believe me they're out there. This is still America. I know what payola is and there are different kinds of payola; there is payola where the artist puts his money into it, and there is payola where the record company puts their money into it.
Neil Young
Interview with Bill Flanagan
1985