Randy Newman Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• The best of my songs are more than just a joke. There's something else going on - a character, or it's not just a plain joke.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Character, Jokes

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

• I've written about a lot of different things, but the whole idea of writing for another character is unusual for pop music... Most of the repertory is love songs, and most of mine isn't. I don't know if that's a mental defect, or shyness, or what.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Writing, Character

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

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