'I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth'

Randy Newman might be one of the pre-eminent songwriters of his generation, but that hasn't stopped many of his best-known songs from being misunderstoodRandy Newman sits at the piano in the London showroom of Steinway & Sons and absent-mindedly tinkles the keys. Fresh off the plane from Los Angeles, the 67-year-old singer-songwriter is fretting that his voice is croaky, that he looks "beat out". "Can you put a little pink in my cheeks?" he asks the make-up lady. Unsatisfied with the results, he...

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