I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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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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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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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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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 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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I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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I believe in my writing.
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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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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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The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you’ve got to really listen hard to somebody who’s doing a good melody and a good lyric.
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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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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