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Neil Diamond
37 quotes
“I actually wanted to go to medical school. I actually wanted to be a laboratory biologist. I wanted to study. And I really wanted to find a cure for cancer. My grandmother had died of cancer. And I was always very good at the sciences. And I thought I would go and try and discover the cure for cancer.”
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“A thing called "Cherry Cherry", was my first big national hit. It was a top five record. And international, as well. And you know, that's what broke the dam. … Boom, as soon as that record hit, I was out on the road. And I've been out on the road… since then. … I didn't realize it at first, but I did want to perform. I liked it. It was fun. You know, I went through all of the growth experiences that you go through in any field. But I did like it. And you know, I've been doing it since.”
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“I'm a perfectionist. I like to get it right. I like to get it good. And you know, writing songs is not -- it's not the kind of thing that you can count on every day. You never know what's going to come or if it's going to come. So you -- you know, it's an uncertain kind of a thing.”
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“I'm a writer who performs. And I mean, I'm basically a writer. I've been doing it since I was 16. … For me, the balance between the two, the writing -- a year, two years, whatever it takes to do an album, and then you've had enough of writing and thinking and being introspective and all of that kind of stuff, and you want to get out on the road and you want to, you know, get into the physicality of performing.”
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“Her eyes would make an angel smile. They'd call her Sunday. She'll take a man and drive him wild. Her name is Sunday, And one day I'm gonna make her mine. It's gonna be so fine. You wait and see, It's gonna be Just Sunday and me.”
Neil Diamond (born 1941) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sunday and Me, performed by Jay and the Americans (1965)
“Girl, I don't want to fight, I'm a little bit wrong, And you're a little bit right. I said, girl, you know that it's true, It's a little bit me, And it's a little bit you too.”
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Recorded in: A Little Bit Me, performed by The Monkees (1967)
“Kentucky woman She shines with her own kind of light. She'd look at you once And a day that's all wrong looks all right. And I love her, God knows, I love her.Kentucky woman, If she get to know you, She goin' to own you. Kentucky woman.”
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Recorded in: Kentucky Woman (1967)
“Don't know that I will, But until I can find me The girl who'll stay And won't play games behind me, I'll be what I am: A solitary man, solitary man.”
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“Says she loves me Yes, yes she does Gonna show me tonight, yeah She got the way to move me, Cherry”
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“Ah, to be so exciting Won't need bright lights No, no we won't Gonna make our own lighting She got the way to move me, Cherry”
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“Don't you know Girl, you'll be a woman soon. Please, come take my hand. Girl, you'll be a woman soon. Soon you'll need a man.”
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“Red, red wine Go to my head. Make me forget that I Still need her so.Red, red wine, It's up to you. All I can do, I've done. But memories won't go. No, memories won't go.”
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“I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me …”
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Recorded in: I'm a Believer, first performed by The Monkees in 1966
“Then I saw her face Now I'm a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind I'm in love I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried.”
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“Shilo when I was young, I used to call your name. When no one else would come, Shilo you always came and we'd play.”
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“Used to slip though every girl's hand like water There never was one who could ever tie me down Straight ahead and steady as Gibraltar 'Til you brought me tumblin' to the ground You got to me You brought me to may knees”
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“I'm walkin' But I'm going nowhere at all. I'm 'bout to head any place in the world But the place that I am”
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“Two bit manchild I was Born for nothin' mostly Good time with sometime women. Nothin' ain't ever hold me. You can't change me none.”
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“It's Love, Brother Love, say Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show. Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies. And ev'ryone goes, 'cause everyone knows Brother Love's show.”
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“Hands, touchin' hands, Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you. Sweet Caroline. Good times never seemed so good. I've been inclined To believe they never would. But now I, look at the night And it don't seem so lonely. We fill it up with only two.”
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“Call the sun in the dead of the night And the sun gonna rise in the sky Touch a man who can't walk upright And that lame man, he gonna fly. And I fly, yeah, And I fly.”
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“Hitchin' on a twilight train Ain't nothing here that I care to take along. Maybe a song To sing when I want. No need to say please to no man For a happy tune.”
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“I am," I said To no one there An no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," said I And I am lost, and I can't even say why Leavin' me lonely still.”
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“Song sung blue, everybody knows one. Song sung blue, every garden grows one.Me and you are subject to The blues now and then. But when you take the blues And make a song, You sing 'em out again.”
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“You are the sun, I am the moon. You are the words, I am the tune. Play me.”
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“I've seen the light And I've seen the flame. And I've been this way before, And I'm sure to be this way again.For I've been refused, And I've been regained, And I've seen your eyes before, And I'm sure to see your eyes again. Once again.For I've been released, And I've been regained, And I've sung my song before, And I'm sure to sing my song again. Once again.”
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“Longfellow Serenade, Such were the plans I'd made. For she was a lady And I was a dreamer, With only words to trade.”
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“And here's to the songs we used to sing; And here's to the times we used to know. It's hard to hold them in our arms again, But hard to let them go.”
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“Dry your eyes and take your song out. It's a newborn afternoon. And if you can't recall the singer, You can still recall the tune.Dry your eyes and play it slowly, Like you're marching off to war. Sing it like you know he'd want it, Like we sang it once before.”
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“Desiree, Oh, Desiree. There I was found By the sweet passion sound Of your loving song. Time was right, the night was long.Remember Desiree, Oh, Desiree. And though somehow I knew I could only have you 'til the morning light, The night was long, the time was right.”
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“You don't bring me flowers. You don't sing me love songs. You hardly talk to me anymore. When you come through the door At the end of the day.”
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“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.”
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“We've traveled halfway 'round the world To find ourselves again September morn We danced until the night became a brand new day Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play September morning still can make me feel that way”
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“Far We've been traveling far Without a home But not without a star.Free, Only want to be free. We huddle close; Hang on to a dream.”
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“Home, Don't it seem so far away? Oh, we're traveling light today, In the eye of the storm. In the eye of the storm.Home, To a new and a shiny place. Make our bed and we'll say our grace. Freedom's light burning warm. Freedom's light burning warm.”
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“Yesterday's songs Don't stay around long, Not much anymore. Yesterday's words Don't make themselves heard Like they did before.”
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“Turn on your heartlight; Let it shine wherever you go. Let it make a happy glow For all the world to see. Turn on your heartlight In the middle of a young boy's dream. Don't wake me up too soon. Gonna take a ride across the moon, You and me.”
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