On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
AL YANKOVICMy own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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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.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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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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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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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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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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