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I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.
Randy Newman
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Randy Newman
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 28
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Randall Stuart Newman
Randall S. Newman
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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?
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I seen her with the milkman, riding down the street. When you're through with my baby, milkman, send her home to me.
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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.
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