Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
AL YANKOVICAs much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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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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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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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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I’m an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I’m a relation to Frankenstein’s creation.
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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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