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Barry Manilow

(1943) Songwriter United States

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Barry Manilow is a songwriter from the United States, best known for Barry Manilow.

Quick Facts About Barry Manilow

Born: June 17, 1943
Nationality: United States
Profession: Songwriter
Notable works: Barry Manilow
Spouse: Garry Kief

About Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow is an American singer and songwriter with a career spanning over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Mandy", "I Write the Songs", "Ready to Take a Chance Again", "Can't Smile Without You", "Weekend in New England", and "Copacabana ".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Barry Manilow

'Tryin' to Get the Feeling' has been a revelation. I'd forgotten how powerful that was. I'd forgotten how deep I can crawl…

Because

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

Hungry

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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this…

Dangerous

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I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part... I would look up, see what…

Fame

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I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great…

Actors

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The dark night of the soul for me was one night in Florida, when I had been on the road for about…

Dark

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

Entire life

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I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don't look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project,…

Be kind

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When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and…

Beautiful

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Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

Misfits

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

Choices

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Fame is always a shock to the system; there's no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when…

Book

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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.

Blow

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I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an…

Crafts

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

Goal

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These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult…

American

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

Choices

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

Cancer

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Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came…

Being famous

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QVC has been very good to me.

Very good

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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so we're just trying to get more visibility about this…

About

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

Rude

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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music…

Albums

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I couldn't bear the road anymore. I'm sure that a lot of people who have been on the road a long time…

Bears

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The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop…

Country

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Barry Manilow by topic

Music (14) People (9) Song (8)