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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
You can’t possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently. Barry Manilow Read Quote
I didn’t want to be treated like a ‘star.’ I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude. Barry Manilow Read Quote
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. Barry Manilow Read Quote
The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes. Barry Manilow Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
