You say something stupid and the next morning you’re in the headlines.
BARRY MANILOWEverything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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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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 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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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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I love any opportunity I have to make music.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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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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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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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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 think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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