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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.

Al Yankovic

I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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Get Me Offend Parody Somebody Too
It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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Creativity Force Hard Humor
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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Country First Great Influence Mad Made Nice Probably Secret Year
If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Enough Good People See Something
I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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Amuse Down Edit Help Notebook Part Storyline Think Write
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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Been Big Down Hit Idea List Recent Song
Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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Honesty Nintendo Pour Salt Snail
I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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Claim Obvious One Rapper Real
I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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Dead Death Mellow Suicide
It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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Album Best Done Go Important Next Self Thing Time
Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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Character Look People Sometimes Suppose Weird Yourself
You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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Block Kid Kids New Play Scholar Some
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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Another Better Chance Drawer Guy Movie Script
I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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Career Concern Copyright Download Feel Hand MIxed One Rampant Song
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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Cut Fine Guy Library Overall Paid Pretty Probably
I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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Abuduct Fair Kind Look Space

I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.

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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.

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