“Anyone who knows music knows that Neil is about as real as it can get,...” — Jim James Quote

“Anyone who knows music knows that Neil is about as real as it can get, and this along with seeing him perform 'Harvest Moon' on 'SNL' was my first experience knowing what real music really felt like.”

“That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.”

“Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.”

“Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.”

“I don't do much more than organise other people's ideas and insights and thoughts, and sort of harvest them, and inventory them and present them.”

“I know how to set an irrigation tube, and I helped with the harvest. I learned the law of the harvest without even knowing I was learning it. On the farm, you learn early that you reap what you sow.”