I love America, and parts of New Jersey remind me of Newfoundland – rolling hills and gardens – it’s great! I guess that’s why they call it the Garden State. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
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 go out and spread joy and love rather than hate. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
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 how to sing all over again. You use your diaphragm more. You have to choose the notes and pace yourself. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
I did have my beginnings in doo-wop music; I had a group called the Tokens in Brooklyn. They went on, of course, to do ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ and a lot of other great things. I went on as a soloist. But I still love doo-wop music. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
Being a New Yorker, I used to dance to Latin music. There was a place called the Palladium on Broadway. And Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez used to play. So I still have that in my blood. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
America has a tendency to chip away at you if you’ve been a success for a long time, whereas in Europe, they put you on a pedestal. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
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 Read Quote
