199 Quotes by Neil Diamond

Love on the rocks, ain’t no surprise. Pour me a drink and I’ll tell you some lies.

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.

He aint heavy, he’s my brother.

I got worries by the ton, getting cancer’s only one. Over taxed and alimonied, tired of eating fried baloney.

Money talks, but it don’t sing and dance, and it don’t walk. And long as I can have you here with me, I’d much rather be, forever in blue jeans.

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

Don’t need to say please to no man for a happy tune.

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.

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.