I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.
AL YANKOVICThere’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
-
-
I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
AL YANKOVIC -
As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
AL YANKOVIC -
I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
AL YANKOVIC -
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
AL YANKOVIC -
I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
AL YANKOVIC -
I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
AL YANKOVIC -
It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
AL YANKOVIC -
I don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
AL YANKOVIC -
Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
AL YANKOVIC -
A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
AL YANKOVIC -
You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
AL YANKOVIC -
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.
AL YANKOVIC -
I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
AL YANKOVIC -
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
AL YANKOVIC -
In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
AL YANKOVIC -
Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
AL YANKOVIC -
There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
AL YANKOVIC -
Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
AL YANKOVIC -
I’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
AL YANKOVIC -
I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
AL YANKOVIC -
There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
AL YANKOVIC -
He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.
AL YANKOVIC -
By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
AL YANKOVIC -
I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
AL YANKOVIC -
I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
AL YANKOVIC -
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
AL YANKOVIC