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Barry Manilow, born on June 17, 1943, is a renowned American singer, songwriter, and music producer. His musical career began in the 1960s, and he became famous for his unique musical style and popular songs. Manilow's music spans across various genres including pop, rock, jazz, and adult contemporary, with his hit songs like 'Copacabana', 'Mandy', and 'I Write the Songs' enjoying widespread popularity.

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Famous Barry Manilow Quotes

“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. Nobody knows what you want except you, and nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it. So don't give up your dreams.”

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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.”

Trying Made Feelings Knees Shiver Quiver Misinterpretation

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“Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.”

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

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“Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.”

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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 believe in my writing.”

Writing Believe I Believe I Believe In

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“I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.”

Thinking Want Stars Treated Rude

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“I love any opportunity I have to make music.”

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“I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.”

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“My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.”

Goal Involved Happenings

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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.”

Hair Blow Fabulous Dryers

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

World Style Music Is Pops Seventies Eighty Great American

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“No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.”

Persons Feelings Materials Music Is Material Things Passion For Music

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“QVC has been very good to me.”

Has Beens Very Good

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“Sneakers are not my thing.”

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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.”

Knows Needs Cancer Diabetes

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“Touring is a young man's game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.”

Men Want Years Home Young Games Young Man Touring

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

Hands Choices Passion For Music

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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.”

Thinking Done Changed Yeah Hills Pastures Things Have Changed

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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.”

People Happens Treats

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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.”

Knows Stories Kids Three Idols Three Times American Idol

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“You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.”

Next Morning Stupid Headlines

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“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.”

Giving Believe Fighting I Believe Save Yourself

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“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.”

People Way Shows Reality Moving Young Difficult Study Photographer Handle These Days Idols Reality Shows American Idol

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“To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.”

People Writing I Can Might Able Song Difficult Can Do Clear Sky Blue Radio Pops Admire Chairs Blue Sky Pop Song Clear Blue Sky

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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.”

Writing Firsts Two Running Song Successful Five Wonderful Luck Albums Pops

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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.”

Kind Dangerous New York Grew Grew Up Areas Hips These Days Bridges Drivers Brooklyn Taxi Brooklyn New York Williamsburg

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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.”

Opportunity Sound Records Missing Standards Albums Crafts Songwriting Irresistible Loops Groove

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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.”

Men Trying Has Beens Dangerous Particular Disease Lows Visibility Totems

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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.”

Years Book School Fame Surprise Shock Knocked Down

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“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.”

People Want Reading Actors Stupid Scary Songwriters Great Actors Stupid Things Really Stupid

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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.”

Looks Fame Photographer Saved Look Up Reporters

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“I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.”

People Thinking Trouble Fame

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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.”

Wanted Goal Musician Performers

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“The dark night of the soul for me was one night in Florida, when I had been on the road for about four years and I realized that everybody around me was on my payroll, that my old friends hadn't been in touch with me and my family didn't know where to get me. I was a very unhappy guy and it was because I was really alone.”

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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.”

Done Saved Our Family Old Friends Being Famous

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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.”

Stills Country Hard Seems Interesting Gone Pops Melody Pop Music Good Lyric

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“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.”

People Writing Trying Looks Kind Jobs Next Produce Projects Piano Look Up Be Kind

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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.”

Writing I Can Hands Beautiful Do The Best Best Work Beautiful Music

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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.”

People Long Has Beens Home Wanted Waiting Bears Long Time Planes Bedroom

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“I think if Unchained Melody does what I think it can do, I think there is an audience out there that would heave a sigh of relief, that finally there is a melody and orchestration, production and a vocalist that is giving them a song that they can just listen to... and not be annoyed by the vocal acrobatics that vocalists seem to think is impressive.”

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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.”

People Ifs Knows Should Writing Beautiful Song Impressed Love Again

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

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

Guy Albums Christmas

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“We've made mistakes, But we've made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can't come true? Tonight's another chance to start again. It's just another New Year's Eve, Another night like all the rest.”

Years Made Remember Night Chance Mistake Plans Tonight New Year Good Friend Made A Mistake New Years Eve Another Chance

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“I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpretation of a song, I miss it. I just miss it.”

Knows Song Missing Nervous Crafts Noses Interpretation Songwriting Songwriters

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“I've always wanted to marry Elton John.”

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“I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time. No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.”

Persons Feelings Hands Choices Passion Path Fans Materials Musician Music Is Committed My Passion Material Things Passion For Music

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

Ifs Long Enough Proof Anything Is Possible

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About the Author

Born: June 17, 1943
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 54

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