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.
AL YANKOVICBecause you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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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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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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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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Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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