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.
AL YANKOVICMy own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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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 have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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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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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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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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About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.
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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.
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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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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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