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.
BARRY MANILOWTouring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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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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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 love any opportunity I have to make music.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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 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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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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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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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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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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