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.
BARRY MANILOWThe 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.
BARRY MANILOWI think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
BARRY MANILOWI am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
BARRY MANILOWMy style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
BARRY MANILOWI 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 MANILOWI 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.
BARRY MANILOWFor a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
BARRY MANILOWYou can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
BARRY MANILOWEverything you say and do is having an impact on others.
BARRY MANILOWNo one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
BARRY MANILOWI never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
BARRY MANILOWI 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.
BARRY MANILOWThere’s just no quiet in Vegas.
BARRY MANILOWMy hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOWI’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
BARRY MANILOWThe public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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