Barry Mann

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. ↗

— Barry Mann

#cynthia #express #expressed #feelings #felt

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows. ↗

— Barry Mann

#boy #bus #i #mountains #performed

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction. ↗

— Barry Mann

#different kind #direction #else #get #go

I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive. ↗

— Barry Mann

#careers #competitive #gut #i #know

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year. ↗

— Barry Mann

#architecture #college #i #i quit #quit

I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner. ↗

— Barry Mann

#i #i think #insanity #married #partner

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. ↗

— Barry Mann

#i #i think #inspired #just #most

I've written songs sober and I've written songs high. ↗

— Barry Mann

#i #sober #songs #written

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today. ↗

— Barry Mann

#every #every time #i #inspiration #plumber

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

#close #come #enough #faked #get