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.
AL YANKOVICBuy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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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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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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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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Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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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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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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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’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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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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