Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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I tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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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’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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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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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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