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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
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I rode on a plane a couple years ago with Snow Patrol and didn't know who the hell they were. They said they were big fans of mine and were playing Madison Square Garden. And they let me listen to one of their records on their iPod. I started to weep.
Neil Sedaka
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I am very proud of being Jewish.
Neil Sedaka
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I've always enjoyed seeing the world through the eyes of my grandchildren.
Neil Sedaka
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Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.
Neil Sedaka
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People seem to think of me as a goody-goody who never curses, but I can be very nasty if I'm pushed. Cross me too many times, and I'll never talk to you again.
Neil Sedaka
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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 was playing music.
Neil Sedaka
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I had talent, and I was hungry for fame, and you can't say I didn't get it.
Neil Sedaka
