black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.

Al Yankovic

It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
AL YANKOVIC

Difficult Friend Player Rock Teenager
In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
AL YANKOVIC

Around Artist Genre Hang Longer Most Serious Talent Wonder
On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
AL YANKOVIC

Free Hand On Other Song Want Wow
My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
AL YANKOVIC

Brother Children Hate Only Child Sister
Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
AL YANKOVIC

Bottle Coke End Got Left Nestle Record Stuck Sun Tongue
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Actual Life Long Onstage Pick Possible Realize Rest Song Studio Time Work
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Able Instead Moment More Release Song Think Timely Topical War
Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
AL YANKOVIC

Belly Button Color Huge Maybe Social Taboo
I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
AL YANKOVIC

Bathroom Clean Grand Minute Spend Station Tongue
My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
AL YANKOVIC

Approval Artist Go Idea Parody Positive Process Record Song
Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
AL YANKOVIC

Around Creatively Humorous Lyric Repetitive Some Song
I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
AL YANKOVIC

Comedy Geek Important Inside Thing
Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
AL YANKOVIC

Album Band Bet Cattle Garage Nirvana Our Raise Seattle Sure
Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
AL YANKOVIC

Forty Job Listen Music Now Right Top
My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
AL YANKOVIC

Own Personal Song Target Taste
There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
AL YANKOVIC

Arm Challenge Clever Different Fashion Lot Parody Sign Song

I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Al Yankovic Quotes