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 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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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 think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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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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I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don’t look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don’t look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That’s what I do.
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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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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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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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Fame is always a shock to the system; there’s no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it’s a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.
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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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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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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 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.
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