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 MANILOWFame 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.
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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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I believe in my writing.
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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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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.
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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.
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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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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