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Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

- Neil Sedaka
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Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records - to the shock of my mother and father because I was always playing Beethoven. But I bought my mother a mink stole. She was very happy, and she said, 'I think this is better than Beethoven.'

I tend to be on the quiet side. I think I would have been bigger if I had a big mouth.

I started out just as Elvis was going into the army, Jerry Lee Lewis married his 14-year-old cousin, and Little Richard became a priest.

I love America, and parts of New Jersey remind me of Newfoundland - rolling hills and gardens - it's great! I guess that's why they call it the Garden State.

Tra-la-las and doo-be-do's became a Neil Sedaka trademark. I was the king of the tra-la-las and doo-be-do's in the '50s and '60s. But then when I re-recorded 'Breaking Up,' I started with a verse instead of the doo-be-do's!

My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.

I did have my beginnings in doo-wop music; I had a group called the Tokens in Brooklyn. They went on, of course, to do 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' and a lot of other great things. I went on as a soloist. But I still love doo-wop music.

I could have been bigger, but I wasn't controversial enough. I didn't do drugs or wreck rooms. There were no dramas in my private life.

I am a Jew, and I'm convinced that Israel is the homeland.

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Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.

Much of my music is inspired by what I heard at picnics and weddings and bar mitzvahs.