Jan 22 2010
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“ For me, it was over when the Springfield wanted to do the Johnny Carson show. What the fuck were we doing the Johnny Carson show for? That was just another of Stephen Stills’s things, and he was right - if the Springfield was gonna make it, people had to see them - but I didn’t want to be seen doin’ that. I didn’t want to do it that way.
— Neil Young, in Shakey by Jimmy McDonough (page 210), citing the reason that he left Buffalo Springfield was because the band wanted to appear on The Tonight Show. Neil wanted no part of that. Now he’s gonna stick it to the man as the final musical guest on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Way to bring it full circle, Neil!
