For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
BARRY MANILOWThe 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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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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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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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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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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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I believe in my writing.
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I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn’t even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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 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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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 am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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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 love any opportunity I have to make music.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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