People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
AL YANKOVICWhereas 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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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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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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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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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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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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.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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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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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.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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