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.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay 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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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.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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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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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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These days, with ‘American Idol’ and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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I believe in my writing.
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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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