I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
AL YANKOVICMy velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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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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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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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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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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