[talking about Joni Mitchell] She writes about her relationships so much more vividly than I do. I use...I guess I put more of a veil over what I'm talking about. I've written a few songs that were as stark as hers. Songs like "Pardon My Heart," "Home Fires," "Love Art Blues"...almost all of Homegrown. I've never released any of those. And I probably never will. I think I'd be too embarrassed to put them out. They're a little too real. Neil Young Rolling Stone interview with Cameron Crowe August 14, 1975

CM: When I mention during breakfast that my girlfriend has run off through pure jealousy, it brings a response from Neil. It turns out that he has a specific reason to prolong his stay in Europe - an argument with Carrie. NY: It's time Carrie came to me for a change. I'll stay away until that happens. Those girls always get jealous when you're working on something with great intensity. Susan, who was a lot older than me, was very jealous. One morning, I got up early to work on "Southern Man" in the studio, she threw breakfast against the door. When I opened the door to see what was going on, she threw the coffee at me. Carrie is more in control, but still, a lot of problems have to be overcome. The first few years are always happy, but then the problems come. "Love Art Blues"' is about this, especially the second line. That's why I want to break away for a while. I'm really having big domestic problems, which until now, have popped up in about 20 songs. Hmmm, women.....! Neil Young Muziekkrant Oor/Constant Meijers September 26, 1974

Here's a song I never put out - I don't think. I recorded it, but somehow never did put it out. But I think it's a good one. It kind of gets into a few things. Like, it's nice to play these places. These are nice places to play because you can hear and you can see. In those big old rinks and arenas and rollerdrome or whatever it is - those can be good. And so can those huge, gigantic places where there's millions of people - it's just like a sea of humanity out there. But every once in a while there's a reward to one's self - it's nice to come back to a place that was made to do what you do - inside. But there's a lot of pressures to do other places [plays about 30 seconds of an unknown song] That is another song. That's a song that a guy named Bobby Vee did - I don't know if you heard of him. He lived in Minnesota. That was just below Manitoba, but it's in the United States. Bob Dylan played his band for a while - I think he played piano in his band, I'm not sure. Anyway, that's a song called "Please Don't Ask About Barbara", one of the most beautiful little tunes I ever heard. I don't really know how to play it. Neil Young Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England March 12, 2008