Barry Mann

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

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

“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.”

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

“You can get stale writing with each other for a while.”

“We became the songs we wrote.”

“You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.”

“We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs.”