'Show up every day'

 

“If you’re doing something, showup every day, and something good might happen – it’s not going to happen if youdon’t show up.” - Randy Newman
Born in New York on Nov. 28, 1943 Newman is a writer who always shows up, especially whenit comes to writing songs for movies.  The raspy-voice singer has been nominated for Academy Awards 22 times and won twice for hissometimes quirky and always wonderful songs – for which he writes both thewords and music.
Inductedinto the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he wrote thememorable film scores for the ToyStory series and the Monsters, Inc.series and for the stand-alone movies Seabiscuit and Ragtime.
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Newman, who cites RayCharles as his greatest influence during his “growing up” years, has been aprofessional songwriter since age 17.    
Perhaps his two best-known songs are “It’s a Jungle outthere,” the Emmy winning theme song for the long-running TV series Monk, and "You've Got A Friend In Me" from the ToyStory movie series and recorded by dozens of other artists as well.   "I don't ever remember having writer's block," Newman said with his tongue firmly in cheek about the malady that often strikes writers.  "If I sit there for four hours, I usually have something."