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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.

Barry Manilow

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
BARRY MANILOW

Musician Passion Path
For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Albums Christmas Guy
I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive…And since I’m a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpretation of a song, I miss it. I just miss it.
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Missing Noses Song
Sneakers are not my thing.
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Sneakers Thing Unlike
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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Hungry Ideas Strong
I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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Love Music Opportunity
I’ve been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.
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Feelings Knees Trying
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Inspirational People Thinking
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
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Blow Fabulous Hair
First of all, I’ve been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn’t write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
BARRY MANILOW

Running Song Writing
Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they’re full of muscle. ‘Copacabana’ sounds like it could have been released yesterday.
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Song Years Yesterday
Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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Home Men Years
You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Morning Next Stupid
Yeah, I’m old as the hills and you would think I’d be out to pasture someplace because I’ve done everything, but nothing has changed.
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Done Hills Thinking
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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Always Marry People Wanted
I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part… I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters and photographers and all, and then I would just go back to making my music.
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Fame Looks Photographer

I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.

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