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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.

Barry Manilow

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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Men Trying Visibility
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.
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Running Song Writing
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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Hungry Ideas Strong
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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Blow Fabulous Hair
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.
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Country Gone Interesting
Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they’re full of muscle. ‘Copacabana’ sounds like it could have been released yesterday.
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Song Years Yesterday
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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Believe Fighting Giving
Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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Among Misfits Other
Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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Everything Impact Other Say
I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don’t look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don’t look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That’s what I do.
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Jobs Piano Writing
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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Musician Passion Path
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.
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Beautiful Hands Writing
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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Book School Years
There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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Awesome City Country Quiet
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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Always Marry People Wanted
QVC has been very good to me.
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Done Good Manner Very
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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Missing Noses Song
I believe in my writing.
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Believe Everything Know Write
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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Idols Moving Reality
If I Should Love Again’ – I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn’t a single and people didn’t really know about it, but it’s a beautiful song and that’s part of what I’m loving.
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Beautiful Song Writing
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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Country Great Style World
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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Happen People Treats
Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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Always Choices Hands Involved Music Passion
I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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Love Music Opportunity
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Inspirational People Thinking
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Home Long People
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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Goal Happening Involved

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