88 Quotes by Barry Manilow

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.

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.

I've been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.

Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.

The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop music, you've got to really listen hard to somebody who's doing a good melody and a good lyric.

I think my music is like anchovies - some people like it, some people get nauseous.

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.

There's just no quiet in Vegas.

When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there.