Sneakers are not my thing.
BARRY MANILOWYeah, 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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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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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you’ve got to really listen hard to somebody who’s doing a good melody and a good lyric.
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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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When 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.
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I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don’t look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don’t look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That’s what I do.
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You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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