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
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Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.
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We're happy that you're here and that you remember us, ... Remember Me.
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I was doing what I wanted to do, ... I was making the records I wanted to make where and when I wanted to do them. I wasn't looking aggressively for someone to come in and give me some new and fresh perspectives on my stuff. I was pretty happy with it and perfectly willing to continue as long as I could on that path.
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We are happy to become the first to play in this beautiful building. I know it will be the first of many (shows). We hope you remember us and that we played here first.
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No, I majored in biology, in a pre-med program.
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I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.
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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.
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Everywhere around the world They're coming to America Everytime that flags unfurled They're coming to America Got a dream to take them there They're coming to America Got a dream they come to share They're coming to America They're coming to America
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I t was a difficult time, but the actual creation of the record in the studio was the most eye-opening thing for me of the whole process,
You are the sun, ... I am the moon.
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Be as a page that aches for a word/ Which speaks on a theme that is timeless.
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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.
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All of which I agreed to, with the exception of playing on the songs while singing, ... We butted heads as far as that one was concerned -- I complained about it every day. Fortunately, Rick stuck to his guns because the result is really some kind of magical recording.
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I stayed away from it for years, thinking that there were many, many better guitar players than I and that I should stick to what I do best, the writing and singing, ... Rick didn't want to budge, and we argued about it almost every day in the studio. I played on every track, which means I lost every battle.