"You have to be very brave in that first writing session."

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"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

John Cage, American Composer

First, Question, Reason

"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

First, Man, Months

"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

Roger Daltrey, English Musician

First, Voice

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

Karl von Frisch, Austrian Scientist

First, Philosophy, Zoology

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

First, Illusion

"Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept."

Harvey Korman, American Actor

First, Man

"There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."

Enya, Irish Musician

First, Formula, Journey, Song

"It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart."

Guy Clark, American Musician

First, Guitar

"I'm very into the first production of the show."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

First, Production

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"We became the songs we wrote."

Music

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

Wife

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

Rejection

"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."

Being

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

Time

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

Work

"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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"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

"Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept."

"There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."

"It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart."

"I'm very into the first production of the show."

Explore more quotes by Barry Mann

"We became the songs we wrote."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"You're going to have more rejection than acceptance."

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

"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."