Al Yankovic Quotes, Song Quotes, Artist Quotes

My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.

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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this is what I'm going to do for a living and I'm going to be Weird Al.'

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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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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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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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It doesn't take a military genius to see we'll all be crispy critters after World War III.

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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, "Yes, of course they have, they've thought of it!"

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There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.

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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.

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I'm obviously not a rapper, and I don't have any claims to be one, really.

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My wife went off with Elvis.

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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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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they're not afraid of wolves.

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When I swore that you're getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.

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

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

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Beans, beans, the magic legumes - the more you ingest, the more you consume.

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It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.

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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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