Randy Newman

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

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

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've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.