I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
BARRY MANILOWFirst 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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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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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’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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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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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 believe in my writing.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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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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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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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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I 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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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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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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