How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
AL YANKOVICMany years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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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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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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I think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.
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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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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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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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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 don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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