I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
AL YANKOVICIt’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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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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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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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 don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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My 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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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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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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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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