“The beat goes on, and it will go on long after I’m gone.”
“I’m still doing it.
And I don’t like it.
Neil Diamond.Bruce Glikas/WireImage
And I like it.
I find that I like myself better.
I’m easier on people.
I’m easier on myself.
And the beat goes on, and it will go on long after I’m gone.”
The musician was honest and pragmatic, but he also expressed his gratitude for his less challenging days.
“There’s no cure.
There’s no getting away from it.
you could’t just say, ‘Okay, enough already.
Let’s get back to life.’
It doesn’t work like that.
But I’ve come to accept what limitations I have, and still have great days.”
Diamond called watching the production “psychotherapy,” tellingCBS Sunday Morning, “It hurt.
I didn’t like looking at myself in many of the scenes.
It all was pretty hard.”
He continued, “I was a little embarrassed, I was flattered, and I was scared.
I’m just me.”
