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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.

Barry Manilow

I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
BARRY MANILOW

Hungry Ideas Strong
For a Jewish guy, I’ve recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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Albums Christmas Guy
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Book School Years
I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn’t even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.
BARRY MANILOW

Area Bridges Country Hips
My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I’m fabulous.
BARRY MANILOW

Blow Fabulous Hair
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Inspirational People Thinking
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Jobs Piano Writing
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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People Reading Stupid
QVC has been very good to me.
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Done Good Manner Very
Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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Among Misfits Other
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.
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Beautiful Song Writing
I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.
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People Thinking Trouble
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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Always Marry People Wanted
The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
BARRY MANILOW

Cancer Knows Needs
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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Feelings Knees Trying
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.
BARRY MANILOW

Fame Looks Photographer

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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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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