Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
AL YANKOVICWhereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
AL YANKOVICLeft all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
AL YANKOVICIf money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
AL YANKOVICSomebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
AL YANKOVICIn the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
AL YANKOVICI’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
AL YANKOVICI’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
AL YANKOVICMaybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
AL YANKOVICI 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.
AL YANKOVICI’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
AL YANKOVICI’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.
AL YANKOVICMy hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
AL YANKOVICThen I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
AL YANKOVICIt doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
AL YANKOVICSome songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
AL YANKOVICI’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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