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.
AL YANKOVICAs 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.
AL YANKOVICYou make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
AL YANKOVICI’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
AL YANKOVICNo Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
AL YANKOVICThe music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
AL YANKOVICI 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.
AL YANKOVICI try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
AL YANKOVICIf money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
AL YANKOVICWhen I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
AL YANKOVICI suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
AL YANKOVICAbout 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.
AL YANKOVICAs a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
AL YANKOVICIn the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
AL YANKOVICIt’s hard to force creativity and humor.
AL YANKOVICI’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
AL YANKOVICI was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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