Barry Mann Quotes

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



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

Barry Mann



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

Barry Mann



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

Barry Mann



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

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.

Barry Mann



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

Barry Mann



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

Barry Mann