As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
AL YANKOVICI always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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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.
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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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It’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.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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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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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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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.
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I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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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.
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