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 MANILOWI 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I couldn’t bear the road anymore. I’m sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting for bedroom service and planes – I wanted to go home.
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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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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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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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