My teachers said, 'Always keep a Beethoven sonata under your fingers.' I always have. I still play chamber music, and I always play classical. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records - to the shock of my mother and father because I was always playing Beethoven. But I bought my mother a mink stole. She was very happy, and she said,… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
November, I'll give thanks that you belong to me. December, you're the present beneath my Christmas tree. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
When the Beatles came to America and took me off the map, I thought I would return the favor, and I moved the family… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless the radio… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
I think there are three kinds of songs; it's only my theory: psychological, emotional, and spiritual. When you write psychologically or intellectually, you have… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
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… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
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… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
My songs lie somewhere in between the evergreen standards, rock n' roll and pop. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
I didn't want to be a rock and roller. I wanted to be a Bobby Darin because he was the epitome of the performer,… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
I like Manchester - I've played it many times. The people have a lot of chein, a lot of heart, and the audiences are… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
I remember Pavarotti telling me, 'Oh, Neil, after seventy, the voice is going to go.' But I've been lucky. You almost have to learn… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
I was one of the first American rock n' rollers in the '50s to go to many foreign countries. It's a wonderful thing to… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share
