I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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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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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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Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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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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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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