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Barry Mann
American
Musician
Born:
Feb 9
,
1939
Get
Me
Song
Songs
Writing
You
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You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.
Barry Mann
You
Acceptance
Rejection
More
Than
Going
If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.
Barry Mann
Life
Good
Worth
Out
Something
Felt
Were
Won
Then
Team
If we didn't get the record, we didn't exist.
Barry Mann
Record
Exist
Get
If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
Barry Mann
Today
Time
Song
Down
Every
Every Time
Would
Would-Be
Plumber
Inspiration
Write
Waited
Sat
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
Barry Mann
Waiting
Fear
Wait
Think
Inspired
Write
Writers
Most
Until
Just
Who
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
You
Writing
Nothing
Tools
Mad
Something
Generally
Know
Makes
Quite
Certain
Creating
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
Guitar
Enough
Purity
Piano
Come
Close
Get
Being
Riff
Played
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
Barry Mann
Ability
Songwriters
Songwriting
Most
Successful
Innate
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
Harvest
Crop
Someone
Write
How
Very
Begin
Teach
Hard
I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.
Barry Mann
High
Songs
Written
Sober
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
Life
You
Personality
Fear
Big
Become
Alcohol
Addictive
Something
Part
Songwriters
Unsure
Know
Most
Involved
How
Very
Trying
Big Part
Which
Much
Your
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
Barry Mann
Architecture
College
Year
About
About A Year
Studying
Quit
We've written something like 900 songs in all.
Barry Mann
Something
Songs
Written
Like
One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.
Barry Mann
You
Yourself
Other
Possible
Record
Develop
Songwriters
Also
Producers
Should
Thing
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