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
said lost explanation
I am, I cried. I am, I said. And I am lost.
giving soul pieces
You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything you can -- physically, emotionally, musically. Then maybe they'll accept you and give you a standing ovation at the end.
song
Songs are life in 80 words or less.
growing-up brooklyn grows
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.
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.
sex hands touching-you
Hands, touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you.
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.
hardest including morning personal public shirts six stage stay studio trappings until
All the sparkly shirts and the stage trappings - that's just the performer, the public me, ... Songwriting is the hardest and most personal thing I do. When I'm writing, I'll go into the studio at six in the morning and stay until after dark, including weekends.
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.
people parent young
My music is in young people's lives because it's so much a part of their parents' lives.
Songwritng is what I do.
dream alcohol drug
Crackling Rosie make me smile. God, if it lasts for an hour that's alright, to set the world right. Find us a dream that don't ask no questions.
expression
The truth always stays the same.