You fake something until you’re good at it.
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.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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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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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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