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

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"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

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"The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being."

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"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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"We've written something like 900 songs in all."
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"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."
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"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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"You have to be very brave in that first writing session."
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"If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something."
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"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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"I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year."
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