I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
BARRY MANILOWEverybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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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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I believe in my writing.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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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.
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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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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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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.
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