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.
AL YANKOVICDidn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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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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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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I think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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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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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive 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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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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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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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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It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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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’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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