Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
AL YANKOVICWhenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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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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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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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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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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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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He died a long painful death. However, you’ll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.
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