People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

- Randy Newman

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 ab…

- Randy Newman

I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.

- Randy Newman

God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.

- Randy Newman

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 i…

- Randy Newman

Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.

- Randy Newman

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

- Randy Newman

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

Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fan…

- Randy Newman