I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
AL YANKOVICWhen 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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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Well 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.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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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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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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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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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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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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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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