My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
BARRY MANILOWMy hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
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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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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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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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 didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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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 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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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.
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I believe in my writing.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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