Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
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.'”
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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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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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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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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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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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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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