I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
AL YANKOVICI have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
AL YANKOVICYou don’t need to be defined by your job.
AL YANKOVICI 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.
AL YANKOVICAs a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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 YANKOVICTake down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
AL YANKOVICIf 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.
AL YANKOVICI make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
AL YANKOVICPeople that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
AL YANKOVICI don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
AL YANKOVICAs it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
AL YANKOVICWell 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.
AL YANKOVICIt’s hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of the Magazine so they don’t have to actually pay artists or writers to come up with new stuff.
AL YANKOVICI don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
AL YANKOVICI think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
AL YANKOVICSome people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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