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Al Yankovic173 quotes“What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?”
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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 YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
Al YankovicAl Yankovic My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic One 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 YankovicAl Yankovic I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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