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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.

Barry Manilow

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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Happen People Treats
Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they’re full of muscle. ‘Copacabana’ sounds like it could have been released yesterday.
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Song Years Yesterday
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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Hungry Ideas Strong
QVC has been very good to me.
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Done Good Manner Very
I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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Rude Stars Thinking
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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Beautiful Song Writing
You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Morning Next Stupid
Sneakers are not my thing.
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Sneakers Thing Unlike
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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Feeling Love Music Passion Right
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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Running Song Writing
For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Albums Christmas Guy
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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Book School Years
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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Country Gone Interesting
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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Done Family Friends Old
Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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Among Misfits Other
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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Goal Happening Involved

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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