My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
BARRY MANILOWWhenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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You know, when I did ‘American Idol’ the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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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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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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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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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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QVC has been very good to me.
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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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Fame is always a shock to the system; there’s no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it’s a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.
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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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Sneakers are not my thing.
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