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.
BARRY MANILOWMy style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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 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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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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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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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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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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You’ve got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You’ve got to go out and fight for it.
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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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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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Sneakers are not my thing.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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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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I believe in my writing.
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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 was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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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’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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