Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamondis an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career that began in the 1960s. Diamond has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He is the second most successful adult contemporary artist ever on the Billboard charts. His songs have been covered internationally by many performers from various musical genres...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth24 January 1941
CityBrooklyn, NY
Neil Diamond quotes about
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emotional hardest reason song
the hardest part of this whole project. Each song has its own story, its own emotional content, its own reason for being.
album difference feelings lyrics major places second
I made a U-turn and went back 40 years to try to recapture those feelings, ... The major difference between this album and my first or second album is I think the lyrics now go to places I could never go to then.
backwards became bigger brought focus inspire particular recordings rick songs understand worrying
the recordings became bigger than the songs, which I came to understand is a backwards way of doing it. The songs have to come first and inspire everything else. If Rick did anything for me, he did that. He brought my focus back to the songs and made me feel comfortable about not worrying about how the recording of that particular song would be.
sex hands touching-you
Hands, touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you.
growing-up brooklyn grows
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.
growing-up writing years
Over the years, you grow up, you mature and you see things in a different way, and it's reflected in the writing.
mistake voice perfection
My voice is unadorned. I don't try for perfection. I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes, or there are cracks in notes, I don't fix them. That's the way it is.
said lost explanation
I am, I cried. I am, I said. And I am lost.
writing thinking years
My writing is different. I think it's better. I think it's deeper. But, strangely enough, it covers a lot of the old ground. Maybe it says it in a more sophisticated way ... but I [have written] about basically the same subjects over the years.
performing songwriting hardest
Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.
missing-you scenery merry-go-round
When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.
insecure keys shy
The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.
nice different would-be
Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.