Barry Mann

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

Barry Mann

The biggest problem is getting to work.

Barry Mann

We became the songs we wrote.

Barry Mann

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

Barry Mann

We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs.

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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

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

Barry Mann

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

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

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

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

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

Barry Mann

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

Barry Mann