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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.

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

Thinking Waiting Writing
You’re going to have more rejection than acceptance.
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Acceptance Overcoming Rejection
One other thing, if it’s possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.
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Development Producer Records
I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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Insanity Thinking Writing
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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Creative Song Writing
I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
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Different might Musical
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
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Ability Songwriting Successful
You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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Each Other Stale Writing
I’ve written songs sober and I’ve written songs high.
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Sober Song Written
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
You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
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Brave Firsts Writing
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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Alcohol Drug Personality
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 Song Writing
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
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Careers Guts Wife
We became the songs we wrote.
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Become Famous Song Wrote
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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Architecture College Years

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