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.
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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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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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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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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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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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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.
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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.
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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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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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