20 Questions: Randy Newman

20 Questions: Randy NewmanAlthough many critics and musicians believe that Randy Newman is the ranking satirist and the major talent among living American songwriters, he has received most attention for his score for Milos Forman's "Ragtime," which earned an Academy Award nomination, and for a funny song about a lunatic who hales "Short People." "Trouble in Paradise," Newman's most recent LP, includes "I Love L.A.," a bouncy send-up of his home town, and a...