I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
BARRY MANILOWThese 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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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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If 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.
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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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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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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 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’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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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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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.
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