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
The spiritual writing of the song is where you're chosen as a vehicle, and it comes from something up above. You don't… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I was a teenage idol, but not the one that the girls would put up on their walls, like Fabian and Frankie… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
Tra-la-las and doo-be-do's became a Neil Sedaka trademark. I was the king of the tra-la-las and doo-be-do's in the '50s and '60s.… — 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
