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Barry Manilow

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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Missing Noses Song
QVC has been very good to me.
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Done Good Manner Very
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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Feeling Love Music Passion Right
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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Book School Years
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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People Reading Stupid
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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Believe Break Up Crazy
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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Feelings Knees Trying
I 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.
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Fame Looks Photographer
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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Goal Musician Wanted
I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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Love Music Opportunity
I believe in my writing.
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Believe Everything Know Write
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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Country Gone Interesting
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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Idols Kids Three
You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Morning Next Stupid
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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Happen People Treats
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Inspirational People Thinking
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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Musician Passion Path
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
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Blow Fabulous Hair
I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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Rude Stars Thinking
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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Always Marry People Wanted
Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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Home Men Years
I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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Celebrity Famous People Really Seventies Singer
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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Done Hills Thinking
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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Area Bridges Country Hips
We’ve made mistakes, But we’ve made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can’t come true? Tonight’s another chance to start again. It’s just another New Year’s Eve, Another night like all the rest.
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Friend Good Mistake New Year
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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Beautiful Song Writing
Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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Enough Long Proof

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