Al Yankovic Quotes, Years Quotes, Careers Quotes

One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.

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My own personal tastes don't really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that, I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I'm working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life. So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.

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That's something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.

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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I'll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I'll go bowling.

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It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.

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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.

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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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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 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 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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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.

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I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.

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By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.

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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.

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Didn't have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.

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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits - and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!

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Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.

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At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.

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

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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.

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