I love any opportunity I have to make music.
BARRY MANILOWEverybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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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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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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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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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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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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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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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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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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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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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QVC has been very good to me.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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