Al Yankovic Quotes, Suicide Quotes, Blow Quotes

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

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In the '80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV. Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they're not all good!

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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.

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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.

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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.

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Pop culture's gotten much more disposable.

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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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It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.

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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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I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

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Ever since the day you left me, I've been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.

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In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.

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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career. On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!

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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world - even shows that haven't been on the air for a very long time, that's going to be harder to pull off.

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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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If money can't buy happiness, then I guess I'll have to rent it.

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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.

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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.

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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.

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