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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me.

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

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I'm a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, "How am I going to screw this up?" [Laughs] If I'm really actively trying to think of a parody, then I'll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.

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I don't watch a lot of other people's parodies because I don't want to be unduly influenced.

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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I'll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points, and then I'll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.

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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.

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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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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.

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My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.

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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it's 40 different stations. There aren't many hits that everybody knows, and there aren't many real superstars.

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

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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads.”

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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.

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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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I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.

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I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.

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When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

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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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