Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilowis an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician and producer with a career that has spanned over fifty years. He is best known for a long string of hit recordings such as "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth17 June 1943
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
thinking done hills
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.
old-friends done our-family
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.
book school years
Fame is always a shock to the system; there's no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it's a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.
new-year mistake good-friend
We've made mistakes, But we've made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, Who says they can't come true? Tonight's another chance to start again. It's just another New Year's Eve, Another night like all the rest.
cancer needs diabetes
The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
sneakers
Sneakers are not my thing.
very-good has-beens
QVC has been very good to me.
feelings music-is passion-for-music
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.
style world great-american
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
believe writing i-believe
I believe in my writing.
stupid reading people
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.
goal involved happenings
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
strong ideas hungry
I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.
opportunity
I love any opportunity I have to make music.