There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
AL YANKOVICThere are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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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 knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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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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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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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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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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