As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
AL YANKOVICWell I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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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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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 think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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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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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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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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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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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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