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 YANKOVICDidn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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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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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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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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The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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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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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.
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