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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.

Al Yankovic

You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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Barbecue Down Face Heal Heart Scar Slam
There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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Anyone Around Many Superstar
I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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Actual Life Long Onstage Pick Possible Realize Rest Song Studio Time Work
So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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Funny Gotta Know Material Merit Parody Regard Rule Source Write
People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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Do Funny Music People Serious Think
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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Eighty Exposure Game Getting Kind One Only Rotation Town
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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Celebrity Few Flatter Perform Repeat
You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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Choose Our Shoe Step Suede Underwear Want
As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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Certain Do Fun Kid Something Spend Thought
I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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Dead Death Mellow Suicide
No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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Car No Tape Track
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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Early Enough Feel Fortunate Gangsta Good Nice Rap Think Very
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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Approval Artist Go Idea Parody Positive Process Record Song
Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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Funny Happen Music Real Sometimes Think Thought
You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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Everybody Forty Know Radio Show Still Superstar
Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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Do Good Know Them Thing Until

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