The first time I thought about what a decade meant – what it truly, actually means – is
when I heard Neil Young’s compilation, called “Decade”. It’s a double tape, or CD – and a triple album. I first heard it when I was about 12 or 13, a decade on I was still hooked.

It might have even taken me that long to realise that the material gathered there all happened within ten years. The title was obvious – but then, listening to it, you could get confused. How could one person achieve all of this in just ten years. And then, of course, the more you listened to Neil Young the more you realised it was just a snapshot.

Not even all of the very best things from those ten years (though most of them for sure). Neil Young works hard at hardly working. He puts out the stuff, moves on, keeps going. He makes you feel lazy. He makes you recognise how much can be achieved.

Lou Reed had this line about how his week beat anyone else’s year.

Well, Neil Young achieved more on his “Decade” than most will ever do with their lives. It’s good to be reminded of that. The perfect inspiration. The telling reminder. You can get a lot done in a year or two, if you put your mind to it.

You can change your world if not anyone else’s in a decade.

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