We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs. Barry Mann More Quotes by Barry Mann More Quotes From Barry Mann No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you. Barry Mann musicianrunningsong Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. Barry Mann cynthiafeelingspeople If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today. Barry Mann inspirationwritingsong 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 creativewritingsong It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive. Barry Mann turnsnegative Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong? Barry Mann ramaramsunanswered-questions We became the songs we wrote. Barry Mann song I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows. Barry Mann mountaintalentboys You can get stale writing with each other for a while. Barry Mann stalewriting Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. Barry Mann songwritingabilitysuccessful I've written songs sober and I've written songs high. Barry Mann soberwrittensong I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year. Barry Mann architecturecollegeyears I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction. Barry Mann musicaldifferentmight 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 creatingmadwriting 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 drugalcoholpersonality You've got to really be able to accept the rejection. Barry Mann rejectionableaccepting One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers. Barry Mann recordsproducersshould I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. Barry Mann waitingwritingthinking I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive. Barry Mann gutswifecareers 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 being-playedpianoguitar
