He got drunk last night, kicked Mama down the stairs. But I'm alright, so I don't care.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

I have owned and played a Steinway all my life. It's the best Beethoven piano. The best Chopin piano. And the best Ray Charles piano. I like it, too.

If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today.

Short people got no reason to live.

Crank up the Beach Boys, Baby.

More of my songs are intended to be funny than almost anyone else. Sometimes maybe it cheers me up a bit. I've got a distance from it. Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm writing well than anything else.