My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
AL YANKOVICUntil you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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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.
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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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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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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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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.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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It’s hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of the Magazine so they don’t have to actually pay artists or writers to come up with new stuff.
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