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
writing tablets clay
I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.
writing stuff personal-stuff
Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
writing important sometimes
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.
character writing thinking
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.
writing paper stuff
I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
song character writing
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.
song writing needs
The easiest thing I do is assignment songs. They tell me what they need me to write. I can do that fairly quickly. Writing for an orchestra is difficult. Writing songs [on your own] is most difficult of all. Though [writing for] the orchestra is close.
motivation nice writing
If getting on the radio was a major motivation, I'd be one of the worst writers of all time. I admire people who do it, and I think it's a nice way to work, but I try to do the best I can and write what I like. I don't worry about it.
battle breaking broadway difficult dragon gives guess heart opposed prefer score trying work
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.
fully musically perspective realized scene visualize
visualize a scene musically and write it from the perspective of a fully realized character.
finished
You'll be working all day and you'll have finished 12 seconds, but you get into it and you try not to look up.
american-comedian bit bringing classic destroying earth genius lower taking true written
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.
american-comedian worried
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.