My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
BARRY MANILOWI was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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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 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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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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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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 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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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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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’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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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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