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Randy Newman quotes: Don't forget to bring that little blonde haired girl along. You know the one, love to watch her jump up and down.

Don't forget to bring that little blonde haired girl along. You know the one, love to watch her jump up and down.

Randy Newman quotes: I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.

Randy Newman quotes: God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.

God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.

Randy Newman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.

Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.

Randy Newman quotes: I like Public Enemy a great deal.

I like Public Enemy a great deal.

Randy Newman quotes: I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.

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

Randy Newman quotes: I ain't saying that I'm better than you, but maybe I am.

I ain't saying that I'm better than you, but maybe I am.

Randy Newman quotes: I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.

I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.

Randy Newman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.

What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.

Randy Newman quotes: 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.

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

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

Randy Newman quotes: It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

Randy Newman quotes: It takes a whole lot of medicine for me to pretend I am somebody else.

It takes a whole lot of medicine for me to pretend I am somebody else.

Randy Newman quotes: Who would want to break into [the music business]? It's like a bank that's already been robbed.

Who would want to break into [the music business]? It's like a bank that's already been robbed.

Randy Newman quotes: 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.

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.

Randy Newman quotes: We'll have a kid or maybe we'll rent one. He's got to be straight, we don't want a bent one.

We'll have a kid or maybe we'll rent one. He's got to be straight, we don't want a bent one.

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

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 quotes: We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground.

We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground.

Randy Newman quotes: I am half a man, holy Jesus, what a drag.

I am half a man, holy Jesus, what a drag.

Randy Newman quotes: I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.

Randy Newman quotes: Crank up the Beach Boys, Baby.

Crank up the Beach Boys, Baby.

Randy Newman quotes: I'd like to explain why you fine young men had to be blown apart to defend this mud hole.

I'd like to explain why you fine young men had to be blown apart to defend this mud hole.

Randy Newman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.

I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.

Randy Newman quotes: People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

Randy Newman quotes: Short people got no reason to live.

Short people got no reason to live.

Randy Newman quotes: I seen her with the milkman, riding down the street. When you're through with my baby, milkman, send her home to me.

I seen her with the milkman, riding down the street. When you're through with my baby, milkman, send her home to me.

Randy Newman quotes: I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

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

Randy Newman quotes: College men from L.S.U., went in dumb, come out dumb, too.

College men from L.S.U., went in dumb, come out dumb, too.

Randy Newman quotes: 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?

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?

Randy Newman quotes: Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.

Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.

Randy Newman quotes: They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

Randy Newman quotes: I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

Randy Newman quotes: Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.

Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.

Randy Newman quotes: But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

Randy Newman quotes: Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.

Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.

Randy Newman quotes: Cleveland, city of light! City of magic!

Cleveland, city of light! City of magic!

Randy Newman quotes: I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.

I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.

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

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

Randy Newman quotes: But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.

But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.

Randy Newman quotes: I sit here in this chair, I pour myself some whiskey, and watch my troubles vanish into the air.

I sit here in this chair, I pour myself some whiskey, and watch my troubles vanish into the air.

Randy Newman quotes: He got drunk last night, kicked Mama down the stairs. But I'm alright, so I don't care.

He got drunk last night, kicked Mama down the stairs. But I'm alright, so I don't care.

Randy Newman quotes: I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.

I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.

Randy Newman quotes: '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.

'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 quotes: I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.

I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.