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.
AL YANKOVICI’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
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It’s hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of the Magazine so they don’t have to actually pay artists or writers to come up with new stuff.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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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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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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