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You’re going to have more rejection than acceptance.

Barry Mann

No matter what you do, you’ll never run away from you.
BARRY MANN

Musician Running Song
I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.
BARRY MANN

Boys Mountain Talent
Cynthia’s lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn’t express themselves.
BARRY MANN

Cynthia Feelings People
You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
BARRY MANN

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.
BARRY MANN

Alcohol Drug Personality
You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
BARRY MANN

Each Other Stale Writing
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
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
BARRY MANN

Careers Guts Wife
I’ve written songs sober and I’ve written songs high.
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Sober Song Written
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
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Ability Songwriting Successful
It’s very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there’s no creative crop to harvest.
BARRY MANN

Creative Song Writing
I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
BARRY MANN

Different might Musical
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.
BARRY MANN

Being Guitar Piano Played
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

Creating Mad Writing
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 quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
BARRY MANN

Architecture College Years

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