I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
BARRY MANILOWWhen 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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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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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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I 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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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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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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.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Every 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.
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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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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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