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. Randy Newman Read Quote
I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit – and even a bit lower than that. Randy Newman Read Quote
If we’d had another carefree 70’s, 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. Randy Newman Read Quote
I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn’t nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear. Randy Newman Read Quote
I don’t remember ever having writer’s block. If I sit in there for four hours, I’ll usually have something. Randy Newman Read Quote
I’ve worked with a band, and it’s nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn’t like it as well on stage. Randy Newman Read Quote
I am not overlooking any mail. I’m looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people. Randy Newman Read Quote
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. Randy Newman Read Quote
