Barry Manilow Quotes
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.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
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I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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It had taken Oliver years to learn his lesson: keep quiet and let men like Bradenton test the fences. It wouldn’t do them any good, and if you were careful, one day you’d be in a position to buy their whole damned farm.
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In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.
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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, inner life in which freedom lives. In which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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I think it would be funny for people to read in obituaries of me that my major contribution to the arts was the popularization of the phrases 'neutral facial expression' and 'screaming in agony.'
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I'd done a very long project on Bridges To Babylon. I was on the road for ages with that. When I came off the road, I thought, the next thing I want to do on my own.
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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.
