Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
AL YANKOVICI 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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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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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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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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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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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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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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