One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
AL YANKOVICSo I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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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 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 don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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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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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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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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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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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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