Randy Newman Quotes

I’ve wondered all my working life why people don’t retire in showbusiness, and it’s fairly simple. There’s nobody applauding at home, so we keep going.

Writing is something I’ve never particularly liked doing, but I’m better than I used to be.

In America you’ll get food to eat, Won’t have to run through the jungle, And scuff up your feet, You’ll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day, It’s great to be an American, Ain’t no lions or tigers ain’t no mamba snake, Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake, Ev’rybody is as […]

No one likes us I don’t know why. We may not be perfect But heaven knows we try. But all around even our old friends put us down. Let’s drop the big one and see what happens. We give them money But are they grateful? No they’re spiteful And they’re hateful. They don’t respect us […]