The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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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.
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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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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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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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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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