I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
BARRY MANILOWYou can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
-
-
You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
BARRY MANILOW -
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOW -
Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
I love any opportunity I have to make music.
BARRY MANILOW -
I believe in my writing.
BARRY MANILOW -
Fame is always a shock to the system; there’s no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it’s a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
BARRY MANILOW -
QVC has been very good to me.
BARRY MANILOW -
I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW -
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
BARRY MANILOW -
Sneakers are not my thing.
BARRY MANILOW -
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.
BARRY MANILOW