I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
AL YANKOVICAfter 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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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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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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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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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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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I tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
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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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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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