I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part… I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters and photographers and all, and then I would just go back to making my music.
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More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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’ve been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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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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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 think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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