I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
AL YANKOVICI don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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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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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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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 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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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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