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.
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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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 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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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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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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These days, with ‘American Idol’ and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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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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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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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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Sneakers are not my thing.
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I believe in my writing.
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I 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.
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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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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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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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Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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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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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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I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part… I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters and photographers and all, and then I would just go back to making my music.
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I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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