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
impact
Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
break-up crazy believe
I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
long enough proof
Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
new-york bridges brooklyn
I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.
song writing blue
To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.
song missing noses
I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpretation of a song, I miss it. I just miss it.
song thinking sigh-of-relief
I think if Unchained Melody does what I think it can do, I think there is an audience out there that would heave a sigh of relief, that finally there is a melody and orchestration, production and a vocalist that is giving them a song that they can just listen to ... and not be annoyed by the vocal acrobatics that vocalists seem to think is impressive.
song years yesterday
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.
men trying disease
Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
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.
believe writing i-believe
I believe in my writing.
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.
thinking people trouble
I think the people who are out there for fame get themselves in a lot of trouble.