I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
AL YANKOVICIn 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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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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 brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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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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