Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
AL YANKOVICI make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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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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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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I 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.
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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.
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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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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.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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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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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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