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I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.

Al Yankovic

I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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Different Difficult Figure Out Same Sometimes Thing
I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny.
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Friend Funny Genesis Medley Polka Rock Song Soun Think
Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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Blow Brain Kind Mama Maybe Suicide Wish
I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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Dead Death Mellow Suicide
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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I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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Album Always Come Enjoy Guy People Record Script
I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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Bathroom Fantastic Go Hairbrush Live Mirror OK Rock Sing Star Suppose Weird
I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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Artist Feel Idiosyncraisies Learn Like Musical Original Something Song Sound Try Twist
My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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Brother Children Hate Only Child Sister
My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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Book Decison Enetr Parody Personal Read
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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Call Editor Generous Issue Think Throughout Weird
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
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
The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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Always Attention Bread Butter Focus Music
I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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Bathroom Clean Grand Minute Spend Station Tongue
Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
AL YANKOVIC

never Put Velvet Weight

I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.

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I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.

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