When 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 YANKOVICMy hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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