Competitive Quotes by Barry Mann

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

— Barry Mann

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

— Barry Mann

I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then…

— Barry Mann

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

— Barry Mann

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…

— Barry Mann

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

— Barry Mann

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

— Barry Mann

It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.

— Barry Mann

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

— Barry Mann

I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.

— Barry Mann

We've written something like 900 songs in all.

— Barry Mann

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

— Barry Mann

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

— Barry Mann

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

— Barry Mann

We became the songs we wrote.

— Barry Mann