Quote of the Day (Randy Newman, on Humor in His Songs)

“I think I mean to make people laugh more than most people do who use the form of songs. My narrator is usually not so much unreliable as insensitive; he often doesn't exactly know what it is that he's telling you about himself. I'm not sure it's the best way to use the form — people love love songs, so I should probably write more of them.”—Singer-songwriter Randy Newman quoted in Alan Light, “You Think ‘Short People’ Was Controversial?”, The New York Times, Aug. 6, 2017

(Photo of Randy Newman at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, May 2008, taken by Masahiro Sumori)