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I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.

- Barry Manilow

Life, Am, Entire, Musician

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.

- Barry Manilow

Think, Nothing, Old, Hills

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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Dangerous, Nowhere, Hip, Drivers

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

- Barry Manilow

Treat, Prepare, Hit, Possibly

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

- Barry Manilow

Hands, Down, Anything Else, Every Time

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

- Barry Manilow

Justin Bieber, Really, Justin

The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.

- Barry Manilow

Need, Needs, Public, Diabetes

I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.

- Barry Manilow

Believe, Racing, Feel, Jokes

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.

- Barry Manilow

Been, Very, Albums, First Of All

'Tryin' to Get the Feeling' has been a revelation. I'd forgotten how powerful that was. I'd forgotten how deep I can crawl into that one, and maybe because I'm older it means even more.

- Barry Manilow

Deep, Been, Means, Crawl

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

- Barry Manilow

Stupid, Next, Next Morning, Headlines

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.

- Barry Manilow

Love, Very, Terrifying, Pop Song

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

- Barry Manilow

Goal, Always, Actually, Outlive

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.

- Barry Manilow

Songwriting, Sound, Records, Irresistible

My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I'm fabulous.

- Barry Manilow

Hair, Discovered, Before, Fabulous

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.

- Barry Manilow

American, Tell, Idol, Lyric

I believe in my writing.

- Barry Manilow

Writing, Believe, I Believe, I Believe In

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.

- Barry Manilow

Back, Show, Been, Oldies

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

- Barry Manilow

Jewish, Lot, Albums, Recorded

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

- Barry Manilow

Strong, Hungry, Still, Million

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

- Barry Manilow

Anything Is Possible, Here, Proof

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

- Barry Manilow

Music, Seventies, Pop, Eighties

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

- Barry Manilow

Game, Young, Want, Touring

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.

- Barry Manilow

Study, Other, Very, Photographers

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

- Barry Manilow

Disease, Visibility, Been, Totem Pole

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

- Barry Manilow

Think, I Think, Treated, Rude

Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

- Barry Manilow

Other, Among, Misfits

The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.

- Barry Manilow

Audience, Production, Still, Hilton

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

- Barry Manilow

Say, Everything, Having, Impact

'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.

- Barry Manilow

Love, Part, About, Impressed

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