Randy Newman Quotes

I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.

I've had offers to sign a record deal, but the people I've talked to have wanted to package me and have me meet with songwriters who've written stuff for Whitney Houston, that sort of thing. That's not at all my style.

I've never recorded anything I didn't like.

I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily the most commercial.

I've got more creative control when I do music.

I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing.

I don't know if most people know it or not, but I produce, like, 95% of my own stuff.

I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and do it the way I want.

You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.

You want to put out a record that you feel is exactly as you want it. Nobody wants to tour for two years on a record they don't like.

In general, I don't feel artists should need producers.

I think most people don't know that I really write everything myself. No help. There's nobody in the studio except for me and the engineer. A lot of people don't think I'm a singer. They think I'm a rapper.

I just want to get to that point where I'm able to fully create music that's good lyrically and quality-wise as far as the way it's knocking and everything.

I record everything myself, I engineer everything myself.

Some of the earlier stuff I did in studio with producers was very pop-directed, which I was uncomfortable with.

I sing, but I'm not a singer. I'm just a producer who sings on her own songs because I can't find anybody else who sounds like me.

Even I would be unhappy if the final track did not sound good to me, which is why I stay in the loop with the music team till the song is ready.

When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.

I am sorry, but recording an album is just hard work; tedious, repetitive, and not very fun at all. Mixing is a bit better, but still pretty boring.

It's an enthralling experience to be in front of the mic and record a song.

Some artists send their verses, and others record in my studio. Depends. I prefer them being there.

When I'm making a record, I'm trying to take people through different moods.

I'm very involved in the production of my songs. I know what I like and what I don't like.

People talk about the pop part - they don't talk about me being an independent artist. I made it look easy, that's the problem!

My production got better, songs, lyrics, everything; the sound, the quality, everything.