There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
AL YANKOVICI mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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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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In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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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’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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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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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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