Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything. Neil Diamond More Quotes by Neil Diamond More Quotes From Neil Diamond Fencing made me feel for the first time like a winner. Neil Diamond fencing winner firsts As a songwriter there's nothing more exciting than the unknown, the new and different. Neil Diamond songwriters different exciting I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to keep proving myself. Neil Diamond self-respect creative self-esteem He aint heavy, he's my brother. Neil Diamond relationships-ending heavy brother I guess I haven't gotten over being lost, a wandering gypsy. Neil Diamond gypsy wander lost It's much harder to play myself. If I ever do a movie again, it'll be a singing serial killer. Neil Diamond serial-killer singing play You like to think that it's something you created, but secretly you know that you had some kind of help, or somebody gave this to you. Neil Diamond kind helping thinking I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly. Neil Diamond reincarnation serious When I need my wife or when I need companionship or someone to talk to, I need it, like, now. So my wife will have to give up whatever she's doing at that moment to tend to my needs. And in the same way, I would tend to hers. That's not such an easy thing to do. Neil Diamond giving-up wife way Song Sung Blue took a lot of compressing and refining, and it has one of my favorite lyrics. Neil Diamond my-favorite blue song Love on the rocks, ain't no surprise. Pour me a drink and I'll tell you some lies. Neil Diamond rocks surprise lying I was always trying to win the world, but somewhere I lost you. Neil Diamond always-trying winning relationship I've finally found somebody who's up to the task of being my wife, because I'm very ... high maintenance. Neil Diamond maintenance wife tasks It's very difficult for me to say 'I love you' but to sing 'I love you' for me is easier. Neil Diamond i-love-you difficult easier September morn Do you remember how we danced that night away Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play September morning still can make me feel this way. Neil Diamond play morning night The main objective in any song, the songs that I write, has always been that it reflect the way I feel, that it touch me when I'm finished with it, that it moves me, that it can take me along with it and involve me in what its saying. Neil Diamond writing song moving But you make me sing like a guitar humming . . . Neil Diamond humming guitar Money talks but it can't sing and dance and it don't walk. Neil Diamond money-talks money walks Being lost is worth the being found. Neil Diamond irony found lost When I am not writing, I'm dying. Neil Diamond dying writing