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.
BARRY MANILOWI 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.
BARRY MANILOWIf 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.
BARRY MANILOWEverybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
BARRY MANILOWYou say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
BARRY MANILOWEvery 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.
BARRY MANILOWI’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
BARRY MANILOWI believe in my writing.
BARRY MANILOWEverything you say and do is having an impact on others.
BARRY MANILOWThe public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
BARRY MANILOWI 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.
BARRY MANILOWI love any opportunity I have to make music.
BARRY MANILOWAtrial 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.
BARRY MANILOWI’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
BARRY MANILOWI didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
BARRY MANILOWNo one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
BARRY MANILOWI think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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