I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.

Quote by Neil Diamond

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Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that...

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that...

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their...

I've always thought of music as something which gives the words their flight and their...

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success.

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success.

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't...

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't...

Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of...

Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of...

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice...

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice...

If it can affect me, if it has meaning to me, if I feel I...

If it can affect me, if it has meaning to me, if I feel I...

The main objective in any song, the songs that I write, has always been that...

The main objective in any song, the songs that I write, has always been that...

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her...

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her...

No, I majored in biology, in a pre-med program.

No, I majored in biology, in a pre-med program.

Songwritng is what I do.

Songwritng is what I do.

I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people.

I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people.

It's very difficult for me to say 'I love you' but to sing 'I love...

It's very difficult for me to say 'I love you' but to sing 'I love...

Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians...

Because my musical training has been limited, I've never been restricted by what technical musicians...

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.

There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes...

There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes...