I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny.
AL YANKOVICThere are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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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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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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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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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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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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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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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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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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