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.
BARRY MANILOWEverything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you’ve got to really listen hard to somebody who’s doing a good melody and a good lyric.
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Here’s proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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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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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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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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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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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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I was the Justin Bieber of the ’70s. Really, I was.
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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 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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