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.
AL YANKOVICI tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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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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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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Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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