You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
BARRY MANILOWMisfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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.
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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.
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I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You’ve got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You’ve got to go out and fight for it.
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I believe in my writing.
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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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I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part… I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters and photographers and all, and then I would just go back to making my music.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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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’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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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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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 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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