I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
AL YANKOVICIt was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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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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My wife went off with Elvis.
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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.
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