128 Quotes by Randy Newman

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

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

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

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

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.

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

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.

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.

God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.