As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
AL YANKOVICI think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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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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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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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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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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