Al Yankovic Quotes, Decision Quotes, Taste Quotes

My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.

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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.

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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it's very difficult to figure out where I fit.

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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.

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I don't watch a lot of other people's parodies because I don't want to be unduly influenced.

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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.

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I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.

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I'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes. After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.

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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.

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I don't watch anything on a regular basis - I tend to binge-watch things.

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Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really.

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Right now I'm listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT'S MY JOB.

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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I'll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points, and then I'll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.

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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.

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It's hard to force creativity and humor.

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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.

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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.

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Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.

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I like to think that I've gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it's stayed the same.

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