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One 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.

Al Yankovic

I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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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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Gas Pump Self Service Station Stranded Use
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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One 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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One 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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