Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
AL YANKOVICI can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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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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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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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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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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He died a long painful death. However, you’ll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.
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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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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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