I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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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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I believe in my writing.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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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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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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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 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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