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

Randy Newman

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Randy Newman
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 28
Composer
Conductor
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Journalist
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Pianist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
LA
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Randall Stuart Newman
Randall S. Newman
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This is the Republican Party who has run against Russia for 80 years and you know, (Trump) hasn't mentioned (Putin) except in a positive way.
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Short people got no reason to live.
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They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.
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I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!
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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.
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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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You know, they say you can reduce genius to someone who spent 10,000 hours trying to get good at something. I'm not claiming either one of those. I haven't done anything for 10,000 hours but sleep. But you do stuff enough, you get better at it. Usually it's a simple thing like that. Essentially, a brainless endeavor.
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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.
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We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground.
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It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well.
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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.
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It's funny people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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