128 Quotes by Randy Newman

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.

You’ve got troubles, I’ve got ’em too. There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you. We’ll stick together to see it through cause you’ve got a friend in me.

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

Mostly, I don’t write overtly personal stuff.

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.

People do not reject the gospel primarily because they’re too thickheaded to get it. Unbelief grows out of other soils besides intellectual confusion. Instead, people reject the good news because they’re enslaved to other kinds of news. They’re in love with something unworthy of such devotion, and it won’t let them go.

I like science – geography, meteorology, cosmology.

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