I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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 love any opportunity I have to make music.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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 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 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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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