One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
AL YANKOVICI enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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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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My wife went off with Elvis.
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Some 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.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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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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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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