I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
BARRY MANILOWYou 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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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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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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 was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
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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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I’ve been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.
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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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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’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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 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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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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