Barry Mann

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive. ”

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. ”

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

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest. ”

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