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Barry Mann

"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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"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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"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

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"Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything."

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"Nothing can come of nothing."

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"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand."

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"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise."

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"A witty saying proves nothing."

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"Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know."

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"Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves."

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"Nothing can be said, including this statement, that has not been said before."

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"Nothing endures but personal qualities."

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Barry Mann
"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."

Life

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

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Barry Mann
"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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Barry Mann
"Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability."

Success

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Barry Mann
"I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs."

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Barry Mann
"You've got to really be able to accept the rejection."

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

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Barry Mann
"We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs."

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Barry Mann
"If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something."

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

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