I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
AL YANKOVICI’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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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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I’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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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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They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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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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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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