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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.

Barry Manilow

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.
BARRY MANILOW

Jobs Piano Writing
There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
BARRY MANILOW

Awesome City Country Quiet
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

Feelings Knees Trying
You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
BARRY MANILOW

Happen People Treats
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Area Bridges Country Hips
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 MANILOW

Goal Musician Wanted
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

People Reading Stupid
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
BARRY MANILOW

Goal Happening Involved
Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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Home Men Years
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Inspirational People Thinking
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

Friend Good Mistake New Year
I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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Celebrity Famous People Really Seventies Singer
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Missing Noses Song
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOW

Blow Fabulous Hair
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Beautiful Song Writing
The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
BARRY MANILOW

Cancer Knows Needs

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