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.’
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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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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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.
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I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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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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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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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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Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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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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Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
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I’m an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I’m a relation to Frankenstein’s creation.
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