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
running teenager dna
I get good vibes from people. There is a thread of DNA that runs from the days that I was a young teenager to these days. It feels good to go back there.
hard-work play keys
I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.
writing mystery knows
There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from.
song morning perspective
Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.
song ideas guy
I couldn't resist. I went over and joined in, and we just sang the song together, ... They had no idea that I had written it, or who I was. I was just some weird guy who wanted to join in on the singing.
men tunes needs
Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.
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.
attitude inspiration perfection
I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.
song musical training
Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song.
play focus trying
I'm trying to find the truth in myself. To play somebody else doesn't interest me. It's not the focus of my life. I can get through most scenes and do the acting part of it, and at best, I'm going to be mediocre.
missing-you scenery merry-go-round
When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.
performing songwriting hardest
Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.
lying philosophy sleep
The man in between waits between the two, not hearing the lie and not seeing the true. Unknowing what is and denying what seems, and there he will sleep, the man in between.