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I was only a young whippersnapper at that point. I was in pubs playing Barry Manilow songs. I didn't know what to expect.

Chesney Hawkes

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I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.

Paul Simon

I was enamored with music at a very young age. Everything started with kundiman, then evolved to Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, and eventually classic rock music.

Arnel Pineda

I get tips from Bob Gaudio. And one of my songs somehow caught the attention of one of my idols, Marty Panzer, who wrote big hits for Barry Manilow. So two guys who inspired me to write lyrics are now teaching me to write.

Erich Bergen

I keep getting mobbed in M&S and Debenhams. I feel like Barry Manilow.

Joe Lycett

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no was around I'd kiss the screen.

Janet Jackson

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I'd kiss the screen.

Janet Jackson

With the Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, this is the Eisenhower-era revisited. It's ostrich time, where people are looking for comfort rather than challenge in their art. It's a lot easier to listen to Barry Manilow murder what are actually good songs from the '50s than to consider what [left-leaning songwriter] Steve Earle has to say.

David Fricke

When I was 16, I'd ping pong between AC/DC and Barry Manilow without any sense of irony.

Eric McCormack

Where did God come from? It's certainly more complicated than trying to figure out where, say, Barry Manilow was born.

Eric Metaxas

By the time I was 17, I was in a band, writing songs and playing solo piano at weekends, in pubs or at weddings.

Chesney Hawkes

My father and mother listened to oldies, from be-bop and swing music to - I hate to admit it, but - Barry Manilow, Fleetwood Mac and the Moody Blues.

Ivan Moody

Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances.

Bill Bryson

All other nations are drinking Ray Charles beer and we are drinking Barry Manilow.

Dave Barry

I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster.

Nick Cave

Barry Manilow is a guy who's had a tremendous longevity that few have had in the music business. I'm in awe of what he does.

Dave Koz

Go back to the very beginning, when we first started playing in local pubs. We used to play Chuck Berry covers. Every now and then, we'd slip in one of our own songs, and we found that we were getting away with it - nobody seemed to know these were original tracks.

Angus Young

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