My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
BARRY MANILOWI 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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
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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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I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don’t look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don’t look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That’s what I do.
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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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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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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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Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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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 think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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