I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
BARRY MANILOWI 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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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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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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These days, with ‘American Idol’ and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I believe in my writing.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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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