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 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn’t crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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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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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 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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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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 think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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I’ve been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.
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I keep reading about people who want to be famous – it’s not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. That is scary because you can be famous doing some really stupid things.
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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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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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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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