The 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 like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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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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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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When 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.
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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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It fit pretty nicely into my schedule because we’d pretty much finished the bulk of promotion for Mandatory Fun and were just getting geared up for the World Tour so this was a nice time for me to be working on it.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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