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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.

Barry Manilow

I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
BARRY MANILOW

Goal Musician Wanted
Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
BARRY MANILOW

Believe Everybody Find
First of all, I’ve been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn’t write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
BARRY MANILOW

Running Song Writing
There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
BARRY MANILOW

Awesome City Country Quiet
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
BARRY MANILOW

Musician Passion Path
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 MANILOW

Believe Fighting Giving
I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
BARRY MANILOW

Rude Stars Thinking
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.
BARRY MANILOW

People Reading Stupid
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Missing Noses Song
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
BARRY MANILOW

Country Great Style World
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Believe Break Up Crazy
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOW

Blow Fabulous Hair
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
BARRY MANILOW

Goal Happening Involved
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Done Hills Thinking
Sneakers are not my thing.
BARRY MANILOW

Sneakers Thing Unlike
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

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