Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy. - Michael Buble One year later, I got beat up at a Neil Diamond concert by a guy named Scrunchie! - Matt Groening And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time. - Gerald Scarfe I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song. - Robert Wyatt

Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you baby Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you, Yeah - Alicia Keys Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands. - Lionel Hampton I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. - Loretta Lynn

Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you baby If I ain't got you baby Some people want diamond rings Some just want everything But everything means nothing If I ain't got you, Yeah - Alicia Keys Billy didn't want to marry ugly Valencia. She was one of the symptoms of his disease. He knew he was going crazy, when he heard himself proposing marriage to her., when he begged her to take the diamond ring and be his companion for life. - Kurt Vonnegut Marriage is a conspiracy from Tiffany, florists, the diamond industry, and Christian fundamentalists. The only thing good about it is the diamond ring, the wedding gifts, and the honeymoon. - Suzanne Finnamore Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands. - Lionel Hampton I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings. - Loretta Lynn Now I knew how women felt ...

You wander from room to room Hunting for the diamond necklace That is already around your neck! - Rumi They strolled toward town, stopping now and then to let him catch his breath and to gaze upward, for the west Kansas sky is black velvet on clear, cool December nights, and the Milky Way is strung across it like the diamond necklace of a crooked banker's mistress. - Mary Doria Russell Take it!" he snarled, hurling the diamond necklace across the table at his opponent. "And may you rot in hell with it!" "I should not dream of intruding upon you there," replied Mr Brundy, bowing deeply from the waist. - Sheri Cobb South

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. - Mary Mcleod Bethune Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough. - Larry David You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times. - Kenneth Edmonds Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough. - Kenneth Edmonds Yeah, it's tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. I promise you it's true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in. - Tina Fey My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing. - Mother Jones