People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
AL YANKOVICAs a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
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I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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I think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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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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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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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’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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