I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.

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• Barry Mann:

  Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

• Barry Mann:

  I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.

• Barry Mann:

  The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking

• Barry Mann:

  There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alc

• Barry Mann:

  I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

• Barry Mann:

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

• Barry Mann:

  We've written something like 900 songs in all.

• Barry Mann:

  I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote

• Barry Mann:

  You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

• Barry Mann:

  It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.