My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
BARRY MANILOWI am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
-
-
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
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 -
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOW -
There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
BARRY MANILOW -
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
BARRY MANILOW -
I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
BARRY MANILOW -
Sneakers are not my thing.
BARRY MANILOW -
Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
BARRY MANILOW -
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 -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
BARRY MANILOW