“When the Beatles came to America and took me off the map, I thought I ...” — Neil Sedaka Quote

When the Beatles came to America and took me off the map, I thought I would return the favor, and I moved the family to England!

America has a tendency to chip away at you if you've been a success for a long time, whereas in Europe, they put you on a pedestal.

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.

I knew I had a remarkable voice, but I was embarrassed because it was so high. But when I sang at my bar mitzvah, the rabbi was in tears. He said to my parents, 'He must become a cantor in the synagogue,' but my mother said, 'No, he's going to be a concert pianist.'

The Cold War has ended for America.

It's the individual effort of everybody working together towards a collective goal that causes real, effective change in America and in the world.

I think there is this whole part of America that people overlook. I think they know it's there, but they tend to overlook it, become ignorant to it, and refuse to see it for what it is.

Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word 'impossible' is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.