Randy Newman

Randy Newman is an American songwriter and pianist who is famous for his satirical writing style and dark humor. He has been assessed by the admins of this site as ENTP.

Quotes

 * "I almost regret nothing that I’ve written"
 * "It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about."
 * "Ambiguity interests me because things aren’t black and white. I’ve always hated people who were sure they were right, on either side."
 * [On seeing Lester Maddox on 'Dick Cavett']: "Maddox didn’t get a chance to be bad on that show. And I thought, 'Now, I hate everything that he stands for, but they didn’t give him a chance to be an idiot.'”
 * "I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I like the idea of bringing it down to earth a bit - and even a bit lower than that."
 * "I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland."
 * "Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff."
 * "One thing that you can never let happen to you is to become more of a critic than you are a writer, where you actually choke yourself off. I tend to get that way."'
 * Mikael Wood: "...he has always delighted in using his records to set up trap doors of intent"