Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
AL YANKOVICThe window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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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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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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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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