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I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.

Randy Newman

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Randy Newman
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: November 28
Composer
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LA
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Randall Stuart Newman
Randall S. Newman
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