Trivia

Young, a lifelong devotee of model trains, read that Lionel Trains LLC, probably the most famous model-train manufacturer in the world, was going into bankruptcy and would probably have to shut down. Not wanting to see that happen, he invested his own money in the company, in which he is now a part-owner, and today the company is financially sound and thriving.

His songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama" were attacks on racism in the Southern United States. The songs were "answered" by Lynyrd Skynyrd with their song "Sweet Home Alabama" (which in turn was "answered" by Warren Zevon's song "Play It All Night Long"). Some have interpreted Young's "Walk On" as an answer on his turn, although others think it's more likely the lyrics in "Walk On" refer to Crosby Stills Nash & Young. After Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in a plane crash (1977), Young performed a rare live version of "Alabama" at Bicentennial Park, Miami, Florida, on November 12, 1977, for Children's Hospital Charity with the Gone With the Wind Orchestra and he changed the lyric chorus from "Alabama" to "Sweet Home Alabama".

Called Carrie Snodgress after he had seen her in the movie Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970). In "A Man Needs a Maid", he sings: "I fell in love with the actress / She was playing a part I could understand". The relationship lasted until 1975.

1970: Wrote the song "Ohio" shortly after the infamous Kent State shootings.

Has turned down every commercial endorsement he has been offered. He even wrote a song about his stance: "This Note's for You".

April 2005: Hospitalized to remove a brain aneurysm.

Despite having lived in the United States since the 1960s, he never applied for United States citizenship, until, in January 2020 he announced he now had dual US-Canadian citizenship, and planned to vote Democratic.

In the mid-1960s, he played in a rock band called the Mynah Birds with future R&B artist Rick James and Bruce Palmer in Canada. James was AWOL from the United States Naval Reserves and hiding out from the authorities. Prior to the release of their debut single "It's My Time" (co-written by James and Young) on Motown's V.I.P. label, James was extradited and jailed. Young and James never worked together musically after this. However, Young and Palmer would go on to form Buffalo Springfield soon thereafter.

While he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Buffalo Springfield and as a solo artist, he was not inducted with Crosby Stills Nash & Young.

Lives on a 1500 acre ranch in La Honda, California; he also has homes in Florida and Hawaii.

Refused a million-dollar offer to appear at "Woodstock '94" on the basis of what he saw as its overemphasis on commercialism.

David Bowie was a great admirer of his work and could even do an impression of his singing voice.

He has two sons with cerebral palsy: Zeke Young, born by a relationship with actress Carrie Snodgress, and Ben Young (born 1978) (with Pegi Young née Morton). He also has one daughter: Amber Jean Young (born 1984), with Pegi.

Left Buffalo Springfield prior to their appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in 1967. He was replaced for that gig, as well as their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, by his future bandmate in Crosby Stills Nash & Young, David Crosby.

Son of Scott Young and half-brother of Astrid Young, he is the partner of Daryl Hannah.

His solo albums are issued by Reprise Records. When parent company Warner Bros. closed the Reprise label in 1976, its artists were moved to other labels, except for Young (who refused to change) and Frank Sinatra (who started the label). Reprise later sued Young, after a string of albums that weren't hits; Reprise accused Young of purposely making "uncommercial" records that wouldn't sell, to get out of his contract. Young fought the suit, arguing artistic integrity, and won in court.

1995: In his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech, he thanked Kurt Cobain for inspiring him to renew his dedication to making music. Eddie Vedder, once the target of criticism by Cobain, introduced him.

The melody for his song "Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)" is taken from the Old English folk song "O Waly, Waly". He is known to close his concerts with this song.

Guitarist and singer for the folk rock group Crosby Stills Nash & Young.

Some of his best known songs include "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River", "Heart of Gold", "After the Gold Rush", "Hey Hey, My My" and "Rockin' in the Free World".

1997: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Buffalo Springfield).

Played (uncredited) on a few sessions for the Monkees, including 1969's "You And I" (about the capricious fans of teen idols).

Raised in Omemee, Ontario. Scott Young Public School in Omemee is named after his father.

In Spin magazine's list of the top 100 Alternative Albums in 1995, "Tonight's the Night" (1975) came in at #14, and "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979) came in at #61.

Wrote an infamous dark trilogy "Time Fades Away", "On the Beach" and "Tonight's the Night" after the death of friends of Danny Whitten and Bruce Berrett, although he has said that "On the Beach" has a positive message.

His favorite albums of his own are "Trans", "Everybody's Rockin'" and "Tonight's the Night", in that order.

He was voted the 34th Greatest Artist of all time in Rock 'n' Roll by Rolling Stone.

He became a US citizen in 2020 after living in the United States for over fifty years. He plans to retain his Canadian citizenship.

Parents are Scott Alexander and Edna Blow "Rassy" Young.

In 2022, he withdrew his music from Spotify as a protest at the streaming platform allowing podcaster Joe Rogan to spread conspiracy theories about the coronavirus vaccine. Shortly afterwards, Joni Mitchell joined him "in solidarity".