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.
BARRY MANILOWIf 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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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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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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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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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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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 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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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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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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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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