Randy Newman
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Biography
Randall Stuart Newman is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, composer, and arranger. Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, he is known for his Americana-inspired songs, non-rhotic Southern-accented singing, and lyrics that are often mordant or satirical and delivered by an unreliable narrator.
"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."
"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."
"I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage."
"I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology."