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 MANILOWI’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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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I believe in my writing.
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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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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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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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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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