Al Yankovic Quotes, Performances Quotes, Repeats Quotes

So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.

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I'm an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I'm a relation to Frankenstein's creation.

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Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really.

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

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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, "Yes, of course they have, they've thought of it!"

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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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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I'll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I'll go bowling.

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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they're not afraid of wolves.

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

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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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I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.

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

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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.

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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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So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

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

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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 try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.

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My own personal tastes don't really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that, I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I'm working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life. So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.

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