Neil Sedaka famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered they had many similar elements: harmonic rhythm, placement of the chord changes, choice of harmonic progressions, similar instrumentation, vocal phrases, drum fills, content, even the timbre of the lead solo voice. I decided to write a song that incorporated all these elements in one record.
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I don't know how I ever lived before You are my life, my destiny Oh my darling, I love you so You mean everything to me
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November, I'll give thanks that you belong to me. December, you're the present beneath my Christmas tree.
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They say that breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true.
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I healed people, emotionally and physically, through my music. I get a lot of e-mails from people who are suffering through a lot of problems. They tell me they put on a Neil Sedaka record, and it's like medicine. It picks them up, and gets them out of their unfortunate situations.
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Devil, you've got me all in a whirl. I'm wise to your game.
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If you loved music, you loved Freddie Mercury.
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If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.
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Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
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I can write better than anyone who can write faster,
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If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
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Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.
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Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.
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I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement's voice.
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I have a pretty lousy voice.
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