American - Musician | June 17, 1943 -
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
Barry Manilow
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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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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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
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Sneakers are not my thing.
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For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums.
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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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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 love any opportunity I have to make music.
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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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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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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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