9. Neil YoungHarvest
That was another album that I got given. There were three albums that I had in my bedroom – actually I had two or three vinyls and three cassettes. And when I was living alone in London and trying to make it and extremely lonely, these albums helped me through my life, so of course you always remember them. And Neil Young was one of them. I remember I’d done my first gig at the Rainbow. I’d just formed my band and Mickie put me on quick, in front of Bertha and The Kinks. I didn’t have any roadies or anything, because I hadn’t had any success yet, so I just went on stage and my amp blew up. As I was trying to repair it myself, without any roadies, the guitar player started playing songs of his own. So it was a disaster. I got home and Mickie called me up and he was really angry with me and screaming down the phone, you know, just frustrated, and then I put on this Neil Young album and it said "I don’t know who to trust anymore…" I was in tears. I sat there with my cookies, crying. Anyway it’s an emotional tie for me with this album. He’s poignant, and he’s obviously a very sensitive guy, and that’s what the listening audience feels. He makes you feel like it’s okay to be in pain.
