Al Yankovic Quotes, People Quotes, Leader Quotes

I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?

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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.

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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 guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.

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There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. 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. Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don't work creatively for me.

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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don't step on my blue suede shoes.

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Maybe I'll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.

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I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.

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I think I'm equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the "Letters and Tomatoes" column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.

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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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I've always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it! Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I'd just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.

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I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.

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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.

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

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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I'm praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.

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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I'd love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.

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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.

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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 don't want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that's more my personal taste.

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