Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
AL YANKOVICI have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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The 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.
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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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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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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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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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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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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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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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