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Barry Mann Quotes
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Type: Musician Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes Date of Birth: February 9, 1939 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Barry Mann Related Authors: Loretta Lynn Lenny Kravitz Elvis Presley Paul Simon Billy Joel Bob Dylan Little Richard Don Was |
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 to get by.
Barry Mann Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. Barry Mann I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows. 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 know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive. 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 all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs. Barry Mann I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year. 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 think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. Barry Mann I've written songs sober and I've written songs high. 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 If we didn't get the record, we didn't exist. Barry Mann If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something. Barry Mann It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive. Barry Mann It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest. Barry Mann It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input. Barry Mann One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers. Barry Mann Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. Barry Mann Right now we're writing a Broadway show. Barry Mann The biggest problem is getting to work. 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 repeat that is by only writing when you're high. Barry Mann 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. Barry Mann We became the songs we wrote. Barry Mann We happened to start writing pop songs in a time when the old music business was beginning to fade and a new kind of music was emerging. Barry Mann We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs. Barry Mann We've written something like 900 songs in all. Barry Mann You can get stale writing with each other for a while. Barry Mann You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know. Barry Mann You have to be very brave in that first writing session. Barry Mann You're going to have more rejection than acceptance. Barry Mann You've got to really be able to accept the rejection. Barry Mann |
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