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.
BARRY MANILOWWhen it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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I couldn’t bear the road anymore. I’m sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting for bedroom service and planes – I wanted to go home.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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If I Should Love Again’ – I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn’t a single and people didn’t really know about it, but it’s a beautiful song and that’s part of what I’m loving.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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