Al Yankovic on certain
Al Yankovic173 quotes“As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.”
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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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
Al YankovicAl Yankovic My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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I watched a lot of the James Bond movies, certainly, both the old ones and the reboot with Daniel Craig. I watched a lot of the Matt Helm films with Dean Martin, which just have these great car scenes where it’s rear-projected, and they just start making martinis out of a bar in the glove compartment.
Adam ReedAdam Reed A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all.
Adam ZagajewskiAdam Zagajewski Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
Francois RabelaisFrancois Rabelais Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
Charles Caleb ColtonCharles Caleb Colton Whether we kept a certain number of troops there or pulled out completely
Adam SchiffAdam Schiff Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine The only certainty is death.
Guy de MaupassantGuy de Maupassant I know that they want certain things and they’re in a certain room and they smell like this and they look like that.
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