#song

I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs. ↗

— Howie Mandel

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Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. ↗

— Barry Mann

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We became the songs we wrote. ↗

— Barry Mann

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I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response was to just not be able to write anymore. I know that's not the healthiest of responses. ↗

— Aimee Mann

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I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor. ↗

— Aimee Mann

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There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are. ↗

— Barry Mann

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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today. ↗

— Barry Mann

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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

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One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers. ↗

— Barry Mann

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We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs. ↗

— Barry Mann

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