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
justin
I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.
home men years
Touring is a young man's game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
hands choices passion-for-music
Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
goal musician wanted
I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
beautiful song writing
'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn't a single and people didn't really know about it, but it's a beautiful song and that's part of what I'm loving.
dark night years
The dark night of the soul for me was one night in Florida, when I had been on the road for about four years and I realized that everybody around me was on my payroll, that my old friends hadn't been in touch with me and my family didn't know where to get me. I was a very unhappy guy and it was because I was really alone.
running song writing
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.
moving reality idols
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.
believe fighting giving
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.
morning stupid next
You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.
kids idols stories
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.
people treats happens
You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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.
passion hands choices
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. I am totally committed to my music and my fans.