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

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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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I don't want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that's more my personal taste.

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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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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.

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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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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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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

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

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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.

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You fake something until you're good at it.

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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads.”

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

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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.

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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.

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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.

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

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