My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
AL YANKOVICLike, 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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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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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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I’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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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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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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