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.
BARRY MANILOWYeah, 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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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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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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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 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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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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 was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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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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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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