I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.
More Quotes from 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.Barry Mann
It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
Barry Mann
I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.
Barry Mann
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
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.
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
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