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.
BARRY MANILOWI believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You’ve got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You’ve got to go out and fight for it.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn’t crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Keep your family and old friends around you. That’s what I had done and that’s what saved my life when it came to being famous.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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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We’ve made mistakes, But we’ve made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can’t come true? Tonight’s another chance to start again. It’s just another New Year’s Eve, Another night like all the rest.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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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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I keep reading about people who want to be famous – it’s not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. That is scary because you can be famous doing some really stupid things.
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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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