I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
AL YANKOVICIt 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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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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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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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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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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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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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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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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