I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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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 make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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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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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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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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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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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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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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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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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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