All Barry Mann Quotes
- Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. Always Expressed
- I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner. Continual
- I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows. Boy
- You're going to have more rejection than acceptance. Acceptance
- A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough… Close
- I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive. Beginning
- I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. Fear
- If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today. Down
- One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers. Develop
- You've got to really be able to accept the rejection. Able
- It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive. Amazing
- I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction. Different Kind
- I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year. Architecture
- I've written songs sober and I've written songs high. High
- Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. Ability
- We became the songs we wrote. Became
- You can get stale writing with each other for a while. Each
- You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know. Certain
- You have to be very brave in that first writing session. Brave
- Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong? Ding