Neil Sedaka Quotes

From the minute I heard music I knew why I was born.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do.

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

I want to tell stories and make people feel good. That's when music is at its finest.

I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.

It's taken me other places, but it was the impulse to write that led me to singing. I'm not a musician. I never thought of performing in a rock n' roll band. I was just drawn in. It was like being called to duty - I was called to duty, and I did my duty as best as I could.

Soccer presented no challenge to me. Playing felt like breathing: I always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting.

For a long time, I thought of singing as my mom's thing. I loved it, but I thought of dance as my thing.

When I found out how music made me feel and how my singing made other people feel, that's when I decided this is what I wanted to do.

I'm hoping to do more with my music. I did the stage musical 'Spring Awakening' recently and it reignited the love I have for singing.

I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something.

I started singing the second I could utter sound.

I have been doing voice work my entire life, and I adore it. It is really rewarding stuff.

I love what I do. I was given the most incredible gift that can be given to anyone. I could never imagine a world without music, and I feel grateful that I've been given the ability to share that.

Acting's incredibly enjoyable, but sometimes it doesn't feel quite enough. I've also written a script about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. This will make me sound like a female Kenneth Branagh, but I can't think of anything nicer than directing myself from a script I wrote.

Whether I moved people to throw punches or cry, I did that through my art and what I do. I would never take that experience away to race against a speedometer. Or play on a team.

I've always had a deep resonance, but I love vocal work, and I've been doing it for so many years.

When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it.

I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I could be an actor, I could do all of it.

The day I stop making music would be the day I keel over, really.

To me, a song is new every time I sing it.

I've spent my life playing music.

I love making music. I love that it's unstructured, that I get to go perform and play in front of people, to meet new people. I love to do the thing I'm best at every day.

First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a brilliant actor. But, to me, they're still great vehicles for expression.