A SONG THAT OUTLIVED THE SPOTLIGHT: There’s a kind of quiet that follows Neil Diamond now — a dignified hush filled with memories of glittering stages and midnight encores. Once, his voice lit up arenas; today, it fills smaller rooms, softer, deeper, more human. He sits by the piano where Sweet Caroline was first born, his hands tracing keys like old friends, each note carrying decades of joy and heartbreak. The fame, the roar, the applause — all have faded into something gentler. What remains is truth: a man who gave his voice to the world, and in return, found that the most lasting music is the kind sung quietly to oneself.
Introduction A SONG THAT OUTLIVED THE SPOTLIGHT — THE QUIET LEGACY OF NEIL DIAMOND There’s...