Barry Mann
Barry Mann
Barry Mann is an American songwriter, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth9 February 1939
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
unanswered-questions rama rams
Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?
american-musician beginning business fade happened music pop songs start time
We happened to start writing pop songs in a time when the old music business was beginning to fade and a new kind of music was emerging.
brilliant partner time truly words
I was very fortunate, though, to have a writing partner that truly is brilliant with words and at the same time very soulful.
danger great might repeat
The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high.
catalog great looked months pockets saw terrific time wrote year
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.
felt good life won worth
If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.
writing brave firsts
You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
writing thinking insanity
I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
acceptance rejection overcoming
You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.
piano guitar being-played
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.
careers wife guts
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
writing thinking waiting
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
records should producers
One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.
rejection able accepting
You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.