Randy Newman quotes

Randy Newman is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and satirist, best known for his incisive humor and distinctive voice. His work blends elements of comedy and social commentary, often using irony and wit to address American life. He has received multiple awards for his film scores and enduring songs. Here are 26 of his quotes:

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up. (Randy Newman)
My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland. View quote
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I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame. View quote
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God bless the potholes on Memory Lane. View quote
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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think. View quote
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff. View quote
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one. View quote
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I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people. View quote
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I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. At the time, when I sort of knew him, he was recording a song a day. I wondered if I could do that. So I wrote it. View quote
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I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology. View quote
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It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well. (Randy Newman)
I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I. View quote
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I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear. View quote
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Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind. View quote
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I like Public Enemy a great deal. View quote
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I'm pretty proud of my film music in general. View quote
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about. View quote
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I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected. View quote
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean. View quote
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I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something. View quote
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"Rednecks" always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to play it. It's just that the language is so rough. (Randy Newman)
What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency. View quote
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I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth. View quote
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Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it. View quote
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If we'd had another carefree 70s, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you know? I don't know how carefree they were for me, I think I was worried then, I can't remember what about. View quote
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Occupation: American Comedian
Born: November 28, 1943
Quotes count: 26