Hugh Sheridan gives thanks to Neil Diamond's lyrical genius in new Solitary Man tribute show
"Then I got engaged and then my father died, two other friends died, and then I got very publicly not engaged and then another friend died," Sheridan said."The whole time I was listening to a lot of Neil Diamond, so it was a soundtrack," Sheridan reflected."I would put my phone on and say, 'Play Neil Diamond on shuffle', and that song came on," Sheridan said."What attracts people to Neil Diamond is his lyrics — or that's certainly what gets me," Sheridan said.By contrast, Sheridan points to the song Sweet Caroline, which "was actually written about Caroline Kennedy", the daughter of JFK.