American - Musician | October 18, 1940 -
Even when I think I'm writing really young, they say it's too mature.
Cynthia Weil
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Barry and I were in the middle of building a house, and I was in the midst of having a nervous breakdown, because that's what you do when you build a house.
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A lot of guys spend their lives saying no because it's an easier way to keep your job.
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You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it.
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There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part.
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We all have fertile creative periods and times when we can't figure out how we ever did it.
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We wrote what sounded good to us and hoped it would find a home.
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The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.
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We were very fortunate to have been on the scene when we were.
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That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.
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Barry is an incredible singer. He's even gotten better through the years.
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The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental.
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