My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
BARRY MANILOWTouring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
-
-
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOW -
Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
BARRY MANILOW -
I believe in my writing.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
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 -
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
BARRY MANILOW -
Fame is always a shock to the system; there’s no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it’s a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
BARRY MANILOW -
I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
BARRY MANILOW -
When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.
BARRY MANILOW -
QVC has been very good to me.
BARRY MANILOW -
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