Barry Mann

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

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

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

I'm so hands-on, from the color of my tour bus to what I eat for dinner at 5 or the way the lights are hung.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

I have a true love for the old style of Catskill comic. There's a joy in discovering a bad joke... and then there's the joy of delivering it like, 'Isn't this a hacky joke?'