Randy Newman quote: "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."

I like Public Enemy a great deal.
RANDY NEWMAN

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
RANDY NEWMAN

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn'...
RANDY NEWMAN

'Rednecks' always made me nervous to play, but I'm glad I wrote it and I continue to pla...
RANDY NEWMAN

Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
RANDY NEWMAN

What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 year...
RANDY NEWMAN

But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand wha...
RANDY NEWMAN

I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. A...
RANDY NEWMAN

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usua...
RANDY NEWMAN

It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well.
RANDY NEWMAN

I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my song...
RANDY NEWMAN

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself tal...
RANDY NEWMAN

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not ...
RANDY NEWMAN

Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that...
RANDY NEWMAN

I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
RANDY NEWMAN

I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.
RANDY NEWMAN

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

Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.
RANDY NEWMAN

If we'd had another carefree 70's, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you...
RANDY NEWMAN

I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.
RANDY NEWMAN

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't hav...
RANDY NEWMAN

Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an in...
RANDY NEWMAN

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I l...
RANDY NEWMAN

My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics abou...
RANDY NEWMAN

Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
RANDY NEWMAN

I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
RANDY NEWMAN

Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an intere...
RANDY NEWMAN

If we'd had another carefree 70's, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you know? I don...
RANDY NEWMAN

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking...
RANDY NEWMAN

I'd like to go on the road again with a band. When I did it I loved the social aspects of it, you kn...
RANDY NEWMAN

I do movies because I love writing for orchestra though it scares me and the money is good. I can't ...
RANDY NEWMAN

Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
RANDY NEWMAN

I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my song...
RANDY NEWMAN

If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jum...
RANDY NEWMAN

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
BARNETT NEWMAN

I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own total...
BARNETT NEWMAN

Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'deat...
BARNETT NEWMAN

We have been spending beyond our means, we are going to focus on the projects that we committed to i...
CAMPBELL NEWMAN

What happened in Queensland is that people are facing high unemployment relative to other states - 5...
CAMPBELL NEWMAN

The idea that we are not going to look after the Great Barrier Reef, which is just a wonderful touri...
CAMPBELL NEWMAN

I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability.
CAMPBELL NEWMAN

The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.
CAMPBELL NEWMAN

It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regula...
CAMPBELL NEWMAN

Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each...
ARNOLD NEWMAN

There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put al...
ARNOLD NEWMAN

The subject must be thought of in terms of the 20th century, of houses he lives in and places he wor...
ARNOLD NEWMAN

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: ...
PAUL NEWMAN

Whatever you say to yourself about it being just another movie, and you're going to do the job y...
THOMAS NEWMAN

Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.
PAUL NEWMAN

We are such spendthrifts with our lives. The trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with ...
PAUL NEWMAN

A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The ...
NANETTE NEWMAN

A man with no enemies is a man with no character.
PAUL NEWMAN

I love the male body, it's better designed than the male mind.
ANDREA NEWMAN

A good composer is slowly discovered a bad composer is slowly found out.
ERNEST NEWMAN

Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.
PAUL NEWMAN

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experienc...
PAUL NEWMAN

Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, ima...
PAUL NEWMAN

The Theory of Groups is a branch of mathematics in which one does something to something and then co...
JAMES NEWMAN

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances...
JAMES NEWMAN

Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.
PAUL NEWMAN

If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, i...
PAUL NEWMAN

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstance...
JAMES NEWMAN

We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives.
MILDRED NEWMAN

The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is out-grossing my films.
PAUL NEWMAN

Growth is the only evidence of life.
CARDINAL NEWMAN

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create o...
ARNOLD NEWMAN

I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have ...
PAUL NEWMAN

If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the suck...
PAUL NEWMAN

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
PAUL NEWMAN

The airlines are driving the bill. Everyone understands the urgency.
ANDREA NEWMAN

There is no harm to the citizens of Minnesota or the MAC (Metropolitan Airports Commission). There a...
ANDREA NEWMAN

We are truly surprised and disappointed by the DOT's actions. The decision is inconsistent with all ...
ANDREA NEWMAN

This is the hardest I have ever worked in trying to ask the government to let Northwest pay. All we'...
ANDREA NEWMAN

She started laughing at me. She said lobbyists have whole careers and never pass anything and, do yo...
ANDREA NEWMAN

The decision is inconsistent with all of the (agency's) prior decisions wherein they have consistent...
ANDREA NEWMAN

They do not address any problems with competition. They're basically requiring an unspecified demons...
ANDREA NEWMAN

We believe this is important to the future of Northwest.
ANDREA NEWMAN

I'm not looking for a special break. I'm looking for the ability to live up to my obligations.
ANDREA NEWMAN

Islamorada is known for its monster bonefish and it's not uncommon to hear about big fish out of Isl...
ANDY NEWMAN

The tourism infrastructure is fully restored; all attractions are up and running.
ANDY NEWMAN

But anytime you catch two giants like that it's a big deal, especially when one is a potential world...
ANDY NEWMAN

Remember every storm is different. The better prepared you are, the less of an inconvenience it's go...
ANDY NEWMAN

The general rule is to get as far inland as possible. Find the most secure and safest structure avai...
ANDY NEWMAN

Hurricane forecasting has gotten much better over the years but it is still not an exact science.
ANDY NEWMAN

I know it's funny. The study of rocks.
ANDY NEWMAN

Laid-back atmosphere seems to be tops. It's very much a live-and-let-be environment.
ANDY NEWMAN

They both hit the water at the same time, dove and swam around the boat a couple laps. They set off ...
ANDY NEWMAN

We seem to be in very good shape. There is no major structural damage. They're busy moving some sand...
ANDY NEWMAN

This makes it easier for management to respond more nimbly. It also makes it less likely for any spi...
ARTHUR NEWMAN

I don't think they really need Windows XP distribution, ... They already have deals with the four la...
ARTHUR NEWMAN

It's a tough retailing environment.ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â The real question is have they been able to pu...
ARTHUR NEWMAN

In the past, they have beaten earnings estimates somewhat spectacularly.
ARTHUR NEWMAN

I think the old rules still apply. The company's value is related to its cash flow.
ARTHUR NEWMAN

a little bit like the election.
ARTHUR NEWMAN

The company should be compared to other media companies and large-cap growth companies, which usuall...
ARTHUR NEWMAN

This is a logical, rational reaction to a complex structure, ... It's a good move because there's be...
ARTHUR NEWMAN

I think it's totally insignificant to AOL. At this point, Microsoft has more to gain from this discu...
ARTHUR NEWMAN

We expect the current gap between Lycos' closing price and the $97.55 [a share] acquisition [price] ...
ARTHUR NEWMAN

You only grow when you are alone.
PAUL NEWMAN

I have to stick Chloe about 10 times a day. It's hard to have to stick a baby but that's the only wa...
AMY NEWMAN

I was devastated. It was like a death sentence. I didn't know what to do.
AMY NEWMAN

That's very rewarding because it something less they have to think about and who they are cooking fo...
AMY NEWMAN

You're not begging for food. We want to help.
AMY NEWMAN

I tell them 'thank you' because they don't need to thank us. I know they do it because they think it...
AMY NEWMAN

We played well, but we could have still done better,
AMY NEWMAN

I would have just liked to know why she did it. Now I will never find out.
AMY NEWMAN

So you wound up with Apollo. If he's sometimes hard to swallow. Use this.
PAUL NEWMAN

Barley malt has a really deep, rich taste. A lot of manufacturers have switched over to corn syrup o...
NELL NEWMAN

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't w...
ERNEST NEWMAN

When coffee prices fall below production costs, farmers are often forced off their land, and they lo...
NELL NEWMAN

We're not going to make another step up like that this year. Minot's too tough. But it's like that e...
BRENT NEWMAN

They're very solid swimmers all year long. They don't have too many letdowns. They're not concerned ...
BRENT NEWMAN

Jake is so versatile. He can swim a number of events for us.
BRENT NEWMAN

Jake was trailing most of that race. He finished super strong and just out-touched the other two.
BRENT NEWMAN

In order for us to beat Fargo South at state, we're going to need some help from some other teams. I...
BRENT NEWMAN

We have four, five, six guys who we can put into those relays who swim well.
BRENT NEWMAN

Everybody was on their feet cheering him on. Andy is an incredible swimmer, an incredible athlete. I...
BRENT NEWMAN

For them to go out with such a great performance over the weekend, that really makes me feel good.
BRENT NEWMAN

At this point, it's just a matter of getting all our ducks in line. There are grants, plans being pu...
BOB NEWMAN

It's a nicer presentation than a basket with a box of diapers and stuff in it. It's just a different...
BOB NEWMAN

We are now in the process of accomplishing this. Everything is in flux now, but we are moving forwar...
BOB NEWMAN

We had all the signs out for 'Save the Armory,' but that's all set away now. It's really very encour...
BOB NEWMAN

We get a lot of browsers. Browsers sometimes end up becoming my best customers.
BOB NEWMAN

It's all been passed down through the family.
BOB NEWMAN

It's one of the top groups I've had, that's for sure. Wrestling wise, they've done some things the o...
BOB NEWMAN

Mike Mullen has a background in grant writing and that's what we'll be needing. Everyone is very imp...
BOB NEWMAN

We have three dedicated lines just to handle the calls. Once the drivers learn their routes and the ...
BILL NEWMAN

These experiments are recorded side by side in his laboratory notebooks.
BILL NEWMAN

What I have found, the sense of it is that this kid really was a hero.
BILL NEWMAN

You need to think of what needs to be done here, the reputation of the district, and the (kind of) e...
BILL NEWMAN

We got a lot of calls about the trash. But our hauling companies got even more calls.
BILL NEWMAN

This project was on the horizon. But that incident just pointed out that we needed to bring it up to...
CARL NEWMAN

The report I have in my possession shows that the wheels only needed alignment.
CARL NEWMAN

I think they're like the best band, period.
CARL NEWMAN

The disciplinary process will be put into motion next week. The hearing will start a week or two aft...
CARL NEWMAN

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.
CARDINAL NEWMAN

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it...
CARDINAL NEWMAN

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find faul...
CARDINAL NEWMAN

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
CARDINAL NEWMAN

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
CARDINAL NEWMAN

It's really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, ... The situation is just so tenuous wi...
CARDINAL NEWMAN

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other re...
CARDINAL NEWMAN

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
CARDINAL NEWMAN

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fau...
CARDINAL NEWMAN

With film music, endings are often more difficult than beginnings, because a beginning is an underli...
THOMAS NEWMAN

I realized so much of my life hasn't been in a well-lit room, and I realized the importance of d...
THOMAS NEWMAN

There's nothing like desperation to sharpen your sense of focus.
THOMAS NEWMAN

A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The...
NANETTE NEWMAN

I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have ...
PAUL NEWMAN

The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.
PAUL NEWMAN

It became the Clearwater Lutheran.
ERIC NEWMAN

We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish i...
ALFRED NEWMAN

We went to a very liberal Episcopalian church. It didn't take for me.
DAVID NEWMAN

The biggest problem was convincing my father that organic food was worth eating. All he could think ...
NELL NEWMAN

My father's Alfred Newman - born in 1900, child prodigy at the piano, ended up in pit orchestras...
THOMAS NEWMAN

There's no predictability in tennis. Tennis has no time limits.
DAVID NEWMAN

Film music has a great history of composers and performers.
DAVID NEWMAN

The most painful thing about mathematics is how far away you are from being able to use it after you...
JAMES NEWMAN

Don't take no talking
BLAKE NEWMAN

My background is in biology. Before getting into the family business, I worked at the Predatory Bird...
NELL NEWMAN

It was a professional job - just like bounty hunters. It's a major enterprise.
RICHARD NEWMAN

Under Prop. 34, serious candidates for governor in California need to have one of two things. Tens o...
DAN NEWMAN

Who's to say who's an expert?
PAUL NEWMAN

When the bricks are engraved on site, the engraver has to clean the brick, then glue the stencil and...
DAVIS NEWMAN

Aesthetics is for the artists as ornithology is for the birds.
BARNETT NEWMAN

I just had a baby. I was only six months pregnant and I went to the restroom and the baby is in the ...
SALINA NEWMAN

When a child is conceived, an egg is fertilized, and at that point the unborn child has all the DNA ...
ANNE NEWMAN

Robert Altman was a very jovial guy and obviously a famed improviser and perhaps less effective in p...
THOMAS NEWMAN

There were certain things in 'Nemo' - just this low hum of ocean and watery sound - that was...
THOMAS NEWMAN

Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors,...
PAUL NEWMAN

It is believed the fire started because a candle was knocked over by shack dwellers who were partyin...
ALFRED NEWMAN

Crime does not pay as well as politics.
ALFRED NEWMAN

He may spend his tens of millions on slick TV ads, but this isn't eBay. The governor's race does not...
DAN NEWMAN

Sounds like a good idea, good plan, I'm glad to hear that.
ALICE NEWMAN

We wonder why we can't take turns with other parts of the island.
ALICE NEWMAN

There are people along the highway that can't even get out of their driveways.
ALICE NEWMAN

Tens of thousands of Californians are contributing to his campaign, and the treasurer and his family...
DAN NEWMAN

There was a time that I thought I was never going to walk again and I got blessed and got my legs ba...
DAN NEWMAN

It really got plastered...most of the roof got blown away the bottom half is totally flooded from wh...
DAN NEWMAN

We ran (an unofficial track record) 52.4 when we tested here a month or so ago,
PAUL NEWMAN

'The Starship Avalon' is perpetually mobile. The music is designed to give the impression of...
THOMAS NEWMAN

That showed me how manipulative predators are and how they abuse kids.
ANNE NEWMAN

We're concerned about these statements. But the proof will come when it's time for him to rule on th...
TROY NEWMAN

They need fair representation, not just minimal representation.
ROBERT NEWMAN

Jamie's misfortune was our fortune tonight.
RYAN NEWMAN

[Asked if he believed it was standard procedure for inspectors to allow cars that fail an initial he...
RYAN NEWMAN

I don't want to brag and I don't want to sound cocky, but we could have been seven for seven this ye...
RYAN NEWMAN

The Spirit is a kind of postmodern loner hero. He comes from nowhere; he has no real relationship to...
DAVID NEWMAN

In live action, sometimes a mood or a feeling can go on for quite a while. Animation is a lot more e...
THOMAS NEWMAN

My uncle Lionel ended up being a bug guy at 20th Century Fox, which my father had been - and, of cou...
THOMAS NEWMAN

We didn't know then what we know now.
ANNE NEWMAN

The rare opportunity of writing music for a movie about the making of 'Mary Poppins' was imp...
THOMAS NEWMAN

The observation of strange or interesting patterns is not nearly as unusual as people think.
CHARLES NEWMAN

It's a cost-effective way to remedy the situation, as opposed to using soil amendments that would bi...
YOANA NEWMAN

The modeling allows us to prescribe a minimum energy suit that literally could be 'painted on' to pr...
DAVA NEWMAN

A 100-room hotel with little meeting space and limited food service would resemble a motel, and not ...
BARRY NEWMAN

When we were kids, we'd go to the playground, choose up sides and act as our own umpires. With the u...
BARRY NEWMAN

I just have not seen the commercial buildings, that kind of thing, that, if I had my magic wand, I w...
BARRY NEWMAN

It's unusual to see Massachusetts lag so far behind.
JEFFREY NEWMAN

You'd like to expect clean racing, but I know (this race) last year it wasn't clean racing,
RYAN NEWMAN

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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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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