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
jobs writing piano
I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don't look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don't look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That's what I do.
morning stupid next
You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.
hands choices passion-for-music
Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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.
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.
opportunity missing albums
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.
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.
home men years
Touring is a young man's game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.
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.
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.
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.
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.
justin
I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.