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

Barry Mann

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Firsts

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.

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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.
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Drug
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.

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

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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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Inspiration
I think that most writers who wait until they’re inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.

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I think that most writers who wait until they’re inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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Waiting
You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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Each Other Stale
I’ve written songs sober and I’ve written songs high.

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I’ve written songs sober and I’ve written songs high.
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Sober Written
You’re going to have more rejection than acceptance.
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Overcoming Rejection
We became the songs we wrote.

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We became the songs we wrote.
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Become Famous Song Wrote
It’s amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

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It’s amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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Competitive Turns
I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

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I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.
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Boys
Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

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Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?
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Questions Rama Rams Unanswered
You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
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Firsts
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.

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I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
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Careers Guts
It’s very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there’s no creative crop to harvest.

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It’s very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there’s no creative crop to harvest.
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Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

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Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
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Songwriting Successful
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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Years

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