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
apart bright far helps lonesome love might night sing sleeping somewhere start though together underneath winds wishing
And even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star. And when the night winds start to sing a lonesome lullaby, it helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky. Somewhere out there, if love can see us through then, we'll be together ... Somewhere out there, out where dreams, come true.
We've written something like 900 songs in all.
It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
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.
If we didn't get the record, we didn't exist.
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.
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.