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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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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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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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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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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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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Many 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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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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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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Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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