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Neil Diamond quotes

American Musician January 24, 1941

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Neil Diamond quote: "I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part."
I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part. Neil Diamond
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. Neil Diamond
It was a real hand-to-mouth existence in those early days - I'd have whatever dry cereal there was in the house for breakfast, 30 cents to spend on lunch and a hot dog for dinner. I did that for years. So there was definitely a hunger in me, of various kinds, to succeed. Neil Diamond
I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their wings and the music often comes first, although sometimes I'll have a concept, a title idea, a lyric idea that I want to write and the lyric will come first. Neil Diamond
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. Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been..."
Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song. Neil Diamond
I am," I said. To no one there. An no one heard at all. Not even the chair"I am," I cried"I am," said IAnd I am lost, and I can't even say why. Leavin' me lonely still Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly."
I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly. Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you...."
You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing with a woman. Neil Diamond
If it can affect me, if it has meaning to me, if I feel I can do it well, I will do it and record it and thats why I recorded these songs. Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "I definitely don't feel like I'm 71. I feel like I did when I..."
I definitely don't feel like I'm 71. I feel like I did when I was - between 30 and 40. The body ages. The mind doesn't. Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery."
When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery. Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it..."
Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics. Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "I think probably Australians have just a little more taste..."
I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people. Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond quote: "There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where..."
There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from. Neil Diamond

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