Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
AL YANKOVICIn the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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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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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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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 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.
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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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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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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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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 get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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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It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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