Al Yankovic Quotes, Song Quotes, Hands Quotes

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

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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist's performance on whether or not they had a good seat?

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

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

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

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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.

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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones'?'

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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I've focused more of my attention on that.

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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.

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You don't need to be defined by your job.

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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'd rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.

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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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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.

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A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

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