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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.

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

Country Gone Interesting
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
BARRY MANILOW

Always Marry People Wanted
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Friend Good Mistake New Year
Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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Always Choices Hands Involved Music Passion
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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Blow Fabulous Hair
The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
BARRY MANILOW

Cancer Knows Needs
Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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Believe Everybody Find
Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
BARRY MANILOW

Men Trying Visibility
You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
BARRY MANILOW

Happen People Treats
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

Song Years Yesterday
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

Missing Noses Song
Sneakers are not my thing.
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Sneakers Thing Unlike
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Idols Kids Three
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
BARRY MANILOW

Hungry Ideas Strong
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Beautiful Song Writing
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Jobs Piano Writing

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