Barry Manilow Quotes

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

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.

I think my music is like anchovies - some people like it, some people get nauseous.

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

Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

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.

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.

I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I've always wanted to marry Elton John.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

QVC has been very good to me.

There's just no quiet in Vegas.