Music is so much a part of me: my parents told me that when I was an infant, I wouldn't eat unless… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I think there are three kinds of songs; it's only my theory: psychological, emotional, and spiritual. When you write psychologically or intellectually,… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
My songs lie somewhere in between the evergreen standards, rock n' roll and pop. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I healed people, emotionally and physically, through my music. I get a lot of e-mails from people who are suffering through a… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
There have been 700 or 800 songs I've written over the last 60 years, as I went through different periods of writing.… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
My teachers said, 'Always keep a Beethoven sonata under your fingers.' I always have. I still play chamber music, and I always… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I actually started as a concert pianist. I had a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
Between 1963 and 1975, I worked very little. The Beatles had come to New York and changed music - all the solo… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
Being a New Yorker, I used to dance to Latin music. There was a place called the Palladium on Broadway. And Tito… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
Howie Greenfield and I started writing music when I was 13 and he was 16. We lived in the same building. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I did have my beginnings in doo-wop music; I had a group called the Tokens in Brooklyn. They went on, of course,… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My songs lie somewhere in between the evergreen standards, rock n' roll and pop. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image