Randy Newman Quotes - Page 2

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• There's a million white people better qualified than a black man to be president of America.

  Randy Newman

  Men, White, America

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• More of my songs are intended to be funny than almost anyone else. Sometimes maybe it cheers me up a bit. I've got a distance from it. Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm writing well than anything else.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Cheer, Distance

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Thinking, People

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• It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well.

  Randy Newman

  Age, Rich, Young

  "'I couldn't have handled success'". Interview with Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2008.

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• I have owned and played a Steinway all my life. It's the best Beethoven piano. The best Chopin piano. And the best Ray Charles piano. I like it, too.

  Randy Newman

  Piano, Rays, Steinway

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• I hate having to wait. I've got the thing done. I just want to see what happens.

  Randy Newman

  Hate, Waiting, I Hate

  "Listen to Randy Newman's New Song About a Shirtless Vladmir Putin" by Noah Yoo, pitchfork.com. October 10, 2016.

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• Some fools in the desert with nothing to do...invented me, and they invented you. And other fools keep it all going and growing. Everybody, we're a figment of their imagination.

  Randy Newman

  Imagination, Desert, Growing

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• I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or urging them to consider an alternative perspective, an answer can give them ammunition for future attacks against the gospel.

  Randy Newman

  Moving, People, Giving

  "Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People's Hearts the Way Jesus Did". Book by Randy Newman, December 11, 2003.

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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.

  Randy Newman

  Block, Four, Remember

  "20 most interesting people visiting Indiana this fall" by David Lindquist, www.indystar.com. August 31, 2014.

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• I've often written about places that are totally different from anything I know. Sometimes they turn out better.

  Randy Newman

  Different, Sometimes, Turns

  "Set List: Randy Newman". Interview with Sam Adams, music.avclub.com. May 31, 2011.

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• If you have a kid and you try irony out on them, they don't get it at 7, 8 years old. You can't really hide the Internet from kids. It worries me some particularly because I've done Disney and Pixar stuff.

  Randy Newman

  Kids, Years, Worry

  "'I'm Dreaming of a White President': Randy Newman on His New Song". Interview with Ben Yagoda, www.slate.com. September 18, 2012.

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• Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm writing well than anything else.

  Randy Newman

  Writing, Important, Sometimes

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Things aren't black and white in the world.

  Randy Newman

  Black And White, White, Black

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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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.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Complaining, Records

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• I'm interested in geography and weather and things like that, and if you don't write love songs, you've gotta go somewhere. I wrote a lot about places because that's what else there was. I had to stop myself from writing more of them.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Writing, Geography

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get out. Those little conjunctions, those little turnaround words help you do it. That's the way I like to write: I get rid of things rather than add them.

  Randy Newman

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. October 27, 2008.

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• I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.

  Randy Newman

  Film Music, Proud, Film

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• I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

  Randy Newman

  Albums, Paradise, Trouble

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• And the Lord said: I burn down your cities - how blind you must be. I take from you your children, and you say how blessed are we. You all must be crazy to put your faith in me. That's why I love mankind.

  Randy Newman

  Children, Crazy, Blessed

  Song: God's Song, Album: Sail Away

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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.

  Randy Newman

  Talking, Underwear, Dinner

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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

  Redneck, Play, Language

  "My Life Is Good". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 30, 2011.

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• I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.

  Randy Newman

  Writing, Clay, Tablets

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• The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door. I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor.

  Randy Newman

  Girlfriend, Doors, Alcohol

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• In England, in France, in no other country would a black man have a chance to get elected. There's no two ways about it. Our country [USA] has been better about dealing with immigration and people who are different from each other than any other country in the world, that I know of.

  Randy Newman

  Country, Men, Usa

  Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. October 27, 2008.

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• Still, it's clear that there are lots of people out there who are uncomfortable [about racism]. The Civil War was a long time ago but there are aspects of it that remain unsettled.

  Randy Newman

  War, Long, Racism

  Source: www.slate.com

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