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

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• Neil Diamond:

  Songwritng is what I do.

• Neil Diamond:

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

• Neil Diamond:

  Songs are life in 80 words or less.

• Neil Diamond:

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

• Neil Diamond:

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

• Neil Diamond:

  I'm throwing myself back in because I like being married. I don't want to end this whole fabulous j

• Neil Diamond:

  When I need my wife or when I need companionship or someone to talk to, I need it, like, now. So my

• Neil Diamond:

  I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I write

• Neil Diamond:

  It was a real hand-to-mouth existence in those early days - I'd have whatever dry cereal there was

• Neil Diamond:

  I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My