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 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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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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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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 was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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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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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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Keep your family and old friends around you. That’s what I had done and that’s what saved my life when it came to being famous.
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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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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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