No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
AL YANKOVICI try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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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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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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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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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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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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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’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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