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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
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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Inspiration Song 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
One other thing, if it’s possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.
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Development Producer Records
You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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Each Other Stale Writing
You’re going to have more rejection than acceptance.
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Acceptance Overcoming Rejection
I’ve written songs sober and I’ve written songs high.
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Sober Song Written
Cynthia’s lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn’t express themselves.
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Cynthia Feelings People
No matter what you do, you’ll never run away from you.
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Musician Running Song
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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Architecture College Years
You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
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Brave Firsts Writing
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
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Ability Songwriting Successful
We became the songs we wrote.
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Become Famous Song Wrote
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 know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
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Careers Guts Wife

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

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