Barry Manilow Quotes

I was overwhelmed when people started to know who I was.

To see fans cheering your name, that's shocking. I'm like, 'Wait, how do you know who I am?'

When people say I've become a star, it takes time to sink in.

You don't want to lose the nostalgia of being a superstar.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.

I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.

I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.

I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought.

Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.

Fame is a magnifying glass

We never set out to be superstars.