Al Yankovic Quotes, People Quotes, Guy Quotes

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 have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.

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

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

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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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The window doesn't open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven't been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.

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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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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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He died a long painful death. However, you'll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.

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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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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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So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.

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I don't like to label myself. I know I'm very hard to pigeonhole.

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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?

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

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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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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.

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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.

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