Barry Manilow Talks About Britney Spears' Instant Stardom, Performs on 'GMA' (VIDEO)

Barry Manilow recalled Wednesday on 'Good Morning America' (weekdays, 7AM on ABC) that he was 30 years old when the song 'Mandy' made him a star. Despite his maturity, dealing with that precipitous fame was an adjustment for him, and he marveled at how much more quickly that happens to younger entertainers these days. The topic interested him so much, he named his new album '15 Minutes: FAME ... Can You Take It?'

"My partner Nick Anderson and I, we watched Britney Spears get hounded by the paparazzi," said Manilow. "She couldn't go to Starbucks. She couldn't even live her life, you know? And that didn't happen to me when I was starting off. But it does to these young people."

Manilow also performed his song 'Bring On Tomorrow,' a sweeping piano ballad from the new album, his first of all-new original material since 2001's 'Here at the Mayflower.'