Author: Neil Sedaka

Quotes

Howie Greenfield and I started writing music when I was 13 and he was 16. We lived in the same building.

Howie Greenfield and I started writing music when I was 13 and he was 16. We lived in the same building.

- Neil Sedaka

You have to learn how to sing from your diaphragm, and you don't become a great performer overnight. It takes a while. The more you do it, the better you are.

You have to learn how to sing from your diaphragm, and you don't become a great performer overnight. It takes a while. The more you do it, the better you are.

- Neil Sedaka

My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.

My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.

- Neil Sedaka

I actually started as a concert pianist. I had a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music.

I actually started as a concert pianist. I had a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music.

- Neil Sedaka

I think I was put on earth to sing and play music.

I think I was put on earth to sing and play music.

- Neil Sedaka

I love kids. I think I'm a child at heart.

I love kids. I think I'm a child at heart.

- Neil Sedaka

I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.

I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.

- Neil Sedaka

I could have been bigger, but I wasn't controversial enough. I didn't do drugs or wreck rooms. There were no dramas in my private life.

I could have been bigger, but I wasn't controversial enough. I didn't do drugs or wreck rooms. There were no dramas in my private life.

- Neil Sedaka

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

- Neil Sedaka

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