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.
Barry ManilowI am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.
Barry ManilowThese 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.
Barry ManilowTo 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.
Barry Manilow