I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
BARRY MANILOWWe’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.
More Barry Manilow Quotes
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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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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No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
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I couldn’t bear the road anymore. I’m sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time will say the same thing. After a while, waiting for bedroom service and planes – I wanted to go home.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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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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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’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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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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