By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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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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I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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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.
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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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Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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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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