I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
AL YANKOVICSomebody 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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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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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One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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I’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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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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There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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