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.
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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you’ve got to really listen hard to somebody who’s doing a good melody and a good lyric.
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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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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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I couldn’t bear the road anymore. I’m sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting for bedroom service and planes – I wanted to go home.
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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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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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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 love any opportunity I have to make music.
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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 am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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