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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.

Al Yankovic

I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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Candidate Chart Good Idea Song Speak Target Try
There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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Candidate Enough Good Idea Ostensibly Parody Song Think
A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Artist Supportive Year
It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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Album Best Done Go Important Next Self Thing Time
It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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Critter Genius Look Military Peace School Second War World
Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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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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Album Career Deel Keep Material Three Topical Year
There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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Anyone Around Many Superstar
Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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Approval Artist Go Idea Parody Positive Process Record Song
What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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Artist Attention Austin Kind More Music
Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Enough Good People See Something
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
People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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Album Birth Give Operation People

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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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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