Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
AL YANKOVICProbably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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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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I’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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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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