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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

For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Albums Christmas Guy
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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Musician Passion Path
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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Happen People Treats
Keep your family and old friends around you. That’s what I had done and that’s what saved my life when it came to being famous.
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Done Family Friends Old
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
These days, with ‘American Idol’ and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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Idols Moving Reality
You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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Morning Next Stupid
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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Song Years Yesterday
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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Jobs Piano Writing
Sneakers are not my thing.
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Sneakers Thing Unlike
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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Believe Fighting Giving
Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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Enough Long Proof
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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Beautiful Song Writing
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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Feeling Love Music Passion Right
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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Home Long People
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Inspirational People Thinking

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