Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
Howie Greenfield and I started writing music when I was 13 and he was 16. We lived in the same building. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
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 a tune in your mind, and you re-write it. It’s an intellectual approach. The emotional is my favorite because it comes from my kishkas; it comes from my soul. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
There have been 700 or 800 songs I’ve written over the last 60 years, as I went through different periods of writing. I listen and marvel at how different they are and how they still stand up. They are very well done, if I must say so. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
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 you do it, the better you are. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
The Apollo Theatre was a difficult audience, and if they didn’t like you, they would let you know. Luckily, they liked me. Neil Sedaka Read Quote
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, ‘I think this is better than Beethoven.’ Neil Sedaka Read Quote
I actually started as a concert pianist. I had a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music. Neil Sedaka Read Quote