For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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I believe in my writing.
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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 think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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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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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 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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