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It's very difficult for me to say 'I love you' but to sing 'I love you' for me is easier.

Neil Diamond Quotes

American - Musician Born: January 24, 1941

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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

Dog, Lunch, Breakfast

I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My songs were bringing up feelings inside of me I didn't really understand, so I wanted to understand where they were coming from to help me be a better person and a better songwriter. Neil Diamond

Time, Mistakes, Help

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. Neil Diamond

Attitude, Myself, Perfection

It's very difficult for me to say 'I love you' but to sing 'I love you' for me is easier. Neil Diamond

Love, I Love You, Me

The main objective in any song, the songs that I write, has always been that it reflect the way I feel, that it touch me when I'm finished with it, that it moves me, that it can take me along with it and involve me in what its saying. Neil Diamond

Me, Song, Saying

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

Music, Words, Thought

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

Myself, Guitar, Hands

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest. Neil Diamond

Songwriting, Performing

Songs are life in 80 words or less. Neil Diamond

Life, Words, Less

I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I write. When I put the drill bit inside my heart, sometimes I come up with something light and frothy, sometimes with something deep and painful, but it's great to connect with the audience. Neil Diamond

Music, Great, Light

I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place. Neil Diamond

Life, Light, Good

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

Me, Meaning, I Can

Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians might call a song. Neil Diamond

Training, Musicians, Song

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. Neil Diamond

Life, Morning, Great

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything. Neil Diamond

Change, Experience, Grow

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly. Neil Diamond

Music, Serious, Like

There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from. Neil Diamond

Writing, Mystery, Know

I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people. Neil Diamond

People, Think, Taste

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success. Neil Diamond

Success, Practice, Fruits

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery. Neil Diamond

Scenery, You, Miss

No, I majored in biology, in a pre-med program. Neil Diamond

Biology, Program

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

Music, Nice, Be Nice

Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics. Neil Diamond

Blue, Song, Favorite

Songwritng is what I do. Neil Diamond

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part. Neil Diamond

Work, Hard Work, Luck

I'm throwing myself back in because I like being married. I don't want to end this whole fabulous journey alone. I want someone by my side who I love and who loves me. I've finally found somebody who's up to the task of being my wife, because I'm very high maintenance. Neil Diamond

Love, Journey, Myself

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