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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
Being
Guitar
Purity
If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.
Barry Mann
Life
Worth
I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.
Barry Mann
Songs
I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
Barry Mann
Insanity
State
Writing
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
Barry Mann
Architecture
College
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
Time
Months
Songs
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
Barry Mann
Wife
Beginning
Careers
I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.
Barry Mann
Direction
I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.
Barry Mann
Work
Talent
Mountains
Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.
Barry Mann
People
Feelings