It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
AL YANKOVICIt’s hard to force creativity and humor.
AL YANKOVICMy hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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 YANKOVICGot a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
AL YANKOVICI 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!
AL YANKOVICPop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
AL YANKOVICAbout four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.
AL YANKOVICMy brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
AL YANKOVICThey 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.
AL YANKOVICI’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
AL YANKOVICI’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
AL YANKOVICUntil you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
AL YANKOVICHow can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
AL YANKOVICIf something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
AL YANKOVICIt’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.
AL YANKOVICI dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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