Barry Manilow quotes

Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter and producer, celebrated for his catchy pop hits and romantic ballads. Famous for songs like “Mandy,” “Copacabana,” and “Can’t Smile Without You,” his music has spanned decades and garnered numerous awards. He continues to inspire audiences with his iconic voice and enduring contributions to popular music. Here are 34 of his quotes:

I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.

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Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

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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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For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums.

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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.

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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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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.

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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

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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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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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There's just no quiet in Vegas.

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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?

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'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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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.

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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 love any opportunity I have to make music.

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I believe in my writing.

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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.

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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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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.

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Sneakers are not my thing.

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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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