How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
AL YANKOVICI knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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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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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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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.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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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 cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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Whereas 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.
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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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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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