I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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“I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.”
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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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
Al YankovicAl Yankovic There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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