Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
AL YANKOVICSo I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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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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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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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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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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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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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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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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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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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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