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.

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...

What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.

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

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.

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

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

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