Diamond told Mojo magazine in July 2008 that the song came from a time he spent in therapy in Los Angeles. He said: It was consciously an attempt on my part to express what my dreams were about, what my aspirations were about and what I was about.

They were never married. But it was Taylor who encouraged King to sing her own songs which got the already famous songwriter's performance career under way.

The song's lyrics, which refer to riding "the white horse" and "the white pony", have been interpreted as references to heroin and/or cocaine use. Rolling Stone described "White Horse" as "[p]erhaps the most unconvincing anti-drug song of all time".

Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time.