Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newmanis an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, mordantpop songs, and for film scores...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth28 November 1943
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
europe names america
Asia's crowded and Europe's too old, Africa is far too hot and Canada's too cold. And South America stole our name, let's drop the big one.
egotism better-than-you
I ain't saying that I'm better than you, but maybe I am.
girl watches littles
Don't forget to bring that little blonde haired girl along. You know the one, love to watch her jump up and down.
baby home infidelity
I seen her with the milkman, riding down the street. When you're through with my baby, milkman, send her home to me.
thinking two giving
This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that?
song character jokes
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.
imagination growing fool
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...
people reason controversy
Short people got no reason to live.
baby beach boys
Crank up the Beach Boys, Baby.
sleep simple trying
You know, they say you can reduce genius to someone who spent 10,000 hours trying to get good at something. I'm not claiming either one of those. I haven't done anything for 10,000 hours but sleep. But you do stuff enough, you get better at it. Usually it's a simple thing like that. Essentially, a brainless endeavor.
family night drunk
He got drunk last night, kicked Mama down the stairs. But I'm alright, so I don't care.
family kids want
We'll have a kid or maybe we'll rent one. He's got to be straight, we don't want a bent one.
song if-i-could written
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.
different sometimes turns
I've often written about places that are totally different from anything I know. Sometimes they turn out better.