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.
BARRY MANILOWThere’s just no quiet in Vegas.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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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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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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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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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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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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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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I believe in my writing.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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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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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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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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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