Al Yankovic Quotes, Song Quotes, Artist Quotes

I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.

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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.

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

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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.

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

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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.

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It's hard to force creativity and humor.

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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'd like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.

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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.

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I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

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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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I tend to enunciate pretty well. It's always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily - which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters because you're supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go "Oh, it's 'Weird Al.'"

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You fake something until you're good at it.

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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.

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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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Right now I'm listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT'S MY JOB.

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

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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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