Al Yankovic Quotes, Children Quotes, Book Quotes

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.

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It doesn't take a military genius to see we'll all be crispy critters after World War III.

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It's hard to force creativity and humor.

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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.

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It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.

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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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By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.

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I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I'd wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.

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I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.

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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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I've always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it! Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I'd just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.

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I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?

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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.

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A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

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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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I'm just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.

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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.

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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I've been able to hang around longer than most "serious" acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.

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I'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes. After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.

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