My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
Barry Manilow'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.
Barry ManilowWhen 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.
Barry ManilowWhat 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.
Barry Manilow