I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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There’s just no quiet in Vegas.
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I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn’t even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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.
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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.
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When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.
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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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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.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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