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.
Barry ManilowI keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. That is scary because you can be famous doing some really stupid things.
Barry ManilowI was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part... I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters and photographers and all, and then I would just go back to making my music.
Barry ManilowI never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
Barry Manilow