"The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer, songwriter, or find a singer to develop."
"I can't seem to write young enough anymore."
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Source: Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters. Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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