Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
AL YANKOVICIt 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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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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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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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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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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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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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.
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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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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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