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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

Cynthia’s lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn’t express themselves.
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Cynthia Feelings People
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
I’ve written songs sober and I’ve written songs high.
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Sober Song Written
I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.
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Boys Mountain Talent
You’re going to have more rejection than acceptance.
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Acceptance Overcoming Rejection
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
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
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Ability Songwriting Successful
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
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
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Careers Guts Wife
It’s amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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Competitive Negative Positive Turns
You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
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Brave Firsts Writing
You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.
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Creating Mad Writing
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
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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Architecture College Years
No matter what you do, you’ll never run away from you.
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Musician Running Song

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