Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
AL YANKOVICBuy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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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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I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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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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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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