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
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When people start knocking those bands, those bands that sing all that harmony, it's hard, I can't do it. Course, there's only one of me.
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Some people got lost in the flood, some people got away alright. ... Louisiana 1927
irritation people eccentric
My music has a high irritation factor. I`ve always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was is joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccetricity to the bland.
mean people want
But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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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.
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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.
thinking goal people
Writers have always liked my stuff, pretty much. That's what I wanted - I think my goal wasn't to get rich and famous, necessarily, though I cared about that. I always thought, "Oh, this could be a hit," or "that will sell records." But the first thing I wanted was that people who knew a lot about music, or had taste-making qualities, they would like my stuff. Writers, people like that.
war racism people
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,
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Short people got no reason to live.
people
People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.
people
I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.
people mind lasts
It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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I've opted to work in the Broadway field, as opposed to breaking my heart trying to score films, which is such a damnably difficult thing to do. I guess it's just the dragon I prefer to slay, the one that gives me the most satisfaction to do battle with.
attendance wish
Attendance is not where we wish it would be.