I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
BARRY MANILOWFame 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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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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We’ve made mistakes, But we’ve made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can’t come true? Tonight’s another chance to start again. It’s just another New Year’s Eve, Another night like all the rest.
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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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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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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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QVC has been very good to me.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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I couldn’t bear the road anymore. I’m sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting for bedroom service and planes – I wanted to go home.
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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 love any opportunity I have to make music.
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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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