Al Yankovic Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Force Quotes

It's hard to force creativity and humor.

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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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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.

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

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In the '80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV. Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they're not all good!

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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.

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That's something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.

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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You'll have plenty of time to be low-key when you're laid out on the slab.

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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.

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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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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don't step on my blue suede shoes.

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It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.

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

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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 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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You fake something until you're good at it.

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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.

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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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I like to think that I've gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it's stayed the same.

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