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Still, it's clear that there are lots of people out there who are uncomfortable [about racism]. The Civil War was a long time ago but there are aspects of it that remain unsettled.
Randy Newman
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Randy Newman
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: November 28
Composer
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Randall Stuart Newman
Randall S. Newman
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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.
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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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You keep wondering whether people will see that Barack Obama is a liar and not very bright.
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Rednecks always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to play it. It's just that the language is so rough.
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The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door. I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor.
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I am half a man, holy Jesus, what a drag.
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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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I hate having to wait. I've got the thing done. I just want to see what happens.
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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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I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or urging them to consider an alternative perspective, an answer can give them ammunition for future attacks against the gospel.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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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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Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.
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College men from L.S.U., went in dumb, come out dumb, too.
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