My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
AL YANKOVICHe died a long painful death. However, you’ll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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About 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.
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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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I’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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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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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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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.
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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