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.
BARRY MANILOWI 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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.
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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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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn’t crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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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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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.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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 believe in my writing.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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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’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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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.
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