Al Yankovic Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Years Quotes

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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I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

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I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.

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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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Pop culture's gotten much more disposable.

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

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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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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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He died a long painful death. However, you'll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.

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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.

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I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.

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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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Well I've made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it's probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I've known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we've been friends. About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.

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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.

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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.

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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.

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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 don't watch anything on a regular basis - I tend to binge-watch things.

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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.

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