I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
BARRY MANILOWKeep 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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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 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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QVC has been very good to me.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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 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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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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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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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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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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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