Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
BARRY MANILOWQVC has been very good to me.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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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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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QVC has been very good to me.
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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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.
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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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You know, when I did ‘American Idol’ the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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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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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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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.
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You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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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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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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