Barry Manilow's worldwide record sales exceed 75 million, thanks in part to such hit records as Copacabana, Mandy and I Write the Songs.

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Well, I think it's - I didn't write any songs in the old days, but after I met Leonard, he said why aren't you writing your own songs.

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And I think they - they hanker for, you know, some simplicity, some real basic honest human emotions, and that would sort of cover the general spirit in which I write songs.

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