I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
AL YANKOVICI’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
AL YANKOVICThere’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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.
AL YANKOVICWhen I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
AL YANKOVICI’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 YANKOVICI don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
AL YANKOVICThat’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
AL YANKOVICMidget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
AL YANKOVICYou make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
AL YANKOVICA lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
AL YANKOVICI’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
AL YANKOVICI mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
AL YANKOVICIt was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
AL YANKOVICI like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
AL YANKOVICWhen I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
AL YANKOVICWhat 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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