Al Yankovic Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Laughing Quotes

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

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One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.

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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.

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In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.

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One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don't realize there's a lot of craft behind the comedy.

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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.

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If money can't buy happiness, then I guess I'll have to rent it.

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

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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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It's hard to force creativity and humor.

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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.

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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.

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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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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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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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I can't say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career. Not only are they just great, nice guys; they're some of the best musicians you're likely to find. They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It's amazing.

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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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