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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 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 believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You’ve got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You’ve got to go out and fight for it.
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Believe Fighting Giving
I think my music is like anchovies – some people like it, some people get nauseous.
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Inspirational People Thinking
I’m still hungry. I’ve still got a million ideas. I’m still strong and ready to create.
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Hungry Ideas Strong
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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Idols Moving Reality
Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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Everything Impact Other Say
Touring is a young man’s game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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Home Men Years
I’ve always wanted to marry Elton John.
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Always Marry People Wanted
First of all, I’ve been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn’t write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
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Running Song Writing
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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Cancer Knows Needs
I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
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Musician Passion Path
Sneakers are not my thing.
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Sneakers Thing Unlike
Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.
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Among Misfits Other
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening.
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Goal Happening Involved
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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Beautiful Hands Writing
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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Song Years Yesterday

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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