After Neil Diamond went to see the animated hit "Shrek," he heard a group of giggling youngsters singing "I'm a Believer" in the lobby of the theater.
"I couldn't resist. I went over and joined in, and we just sang the song together," Diamond said. "They had no idea that I had written it, or who I was. I was just some weird guy who wanted to join in on the singing."
The 61-year-old singer-songwriter told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he's thrilled young people still like his music, even though critics haven't always hailed songs from the '60s to '80s.
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"I've been called a genius, and I've been called a jerk," he said. "And I think I'm somewhere in between."