I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
AL YANKOVICMy process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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I’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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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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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 artists have really been supportive over the years.
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I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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