I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
AL YANKOVICOne of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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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’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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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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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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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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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
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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 don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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