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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.

Barry Manilow

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.
BARRY MANILOW

Done Hills Thinking
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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Always Marry People Wanted
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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Area Bridges Country Hips
Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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Home Men Years
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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Hungry Ideas Strong
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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Running Song Writing
I believe in my writing.
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Believe Everything Know Write
Sneakers are not my thing.
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Sneakers Thing Unlike
Fame is always a shock to the system; there’s no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it’s a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.
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Book School Years
I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
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Goal Musician Wanted
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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Musician Passion Path
I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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People Thinking Trouble
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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Believe Fighting Giving
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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Idols Kids Three
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
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Blow Fabulous Hair
I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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Rude Stars Thinking

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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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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