Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

- Barry Manilow

My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.

- Barry Manilow

Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.

- Barry Manilow

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

- Barry Manilow

Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?

- Barry Manilow

I 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

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life. Whenever there was a choice between music and anythi…

- Barry Manilow

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 Manilow

I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.

- Barry Manilow