Quotes by 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't know how carefree they were for me, I think I was worried then, I can't remember what about.
• I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.
• I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.
• 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 am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
• Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
• I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.
• Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.