My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOWThe public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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 think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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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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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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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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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn’t crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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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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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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