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 MANILOWWhenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive…And since I’m a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpretation of a song, I miss it. I just miss it.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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I believe in my writing.
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Atrial 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.
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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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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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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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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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