Roy Orbison & Neil Diamond (in 1976)

Roy Orbison & Neil Diamond (in 1976)

“I first met Roy Orbison on stage in Melbourne, Australia in 1978. He picked up a guitar and kicked into “Pretty Woman, one of the great records of my teen years. It took less than eight bars to realize that I was only excess baggage. So I backed off quietly and stopped singing altogether, letting The Master do one of his masterpieces alone.” – Neil Diamond speaking about Roy Orbison