199 Quotes by Neil Diamond

I’m lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin’, crunchy granola’s neat.

I had always sung in my dad’s shop. I worked there after school, and I’d be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.

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

Melinda was mine ’til the time that I found her holding Jim, loving him.

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.

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.

The lyrics aren’t simple, either. They’re extremely difficult because I’m trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible.

I don’t pamper my voice. It’s part of my body. If my body is rested and healthy, my voice is rested and healthy.