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Barry Mann Quotes

American - Musician | February 9, 1939 -

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

Songwriting Ability Successful Most

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

Creative Song Someone Harvest Teach

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

Me Direction Someone Go Kind Get

I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.

Writing Partner Think Insanity Stay

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

People Feelings Always Lyrics Felt

The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high.

Great Writing Song Thinking You Way

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.

Life Fear Personality Alcohol You

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

Architecture College Year Quit About

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

Work Mountains Talent Boy Bus Used

We've written something like 900 songs in all.

Something Like Songs Written

I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.

Great Time Year Go Three Two

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

Brave Writing You First Very

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