I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
BARRY MANILOWMy goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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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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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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 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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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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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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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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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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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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First of all, I’ve been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn’t write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
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