Barry Mann is an American songwriter, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock music.
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“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.”
Barry Mann
“I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.”
“Writing with other people is also beneficial, not only on the creative aspect, but also that they have a different context.”
“It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.”
“Right now we're writing a Broadway show.”
“Carole (King) always said there was a small window of opportunity and we happened to come along at that period in the music business and jumped right in.”
“I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.”
“A good lyric sings to me. And another lyricist might sing another lyrical song to me.”
“Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.”
“We've written something like 900 songs in all.”