Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
AL YANKOVICI don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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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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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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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.
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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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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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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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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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