There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
AL YANKOVICThere’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
AL YANKOVICMy brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
AL YANKOVICTake down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
AL YANKOVICMy wife went off with Elvis.
AL YANKOVICOne 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.
AL YANKOVICI’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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 YANKOVICI 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.’
AL YANKOVICI do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
AL YANKOVICHe died a long painful death. However, you’ll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.
AL YANKOVICI know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
AL YANKOVICAs it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
AL YANKOVICNows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
AL YANKOVICThe window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
AL YANKOVICI’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
AL YANKOVICI’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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