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 YANKOVICI don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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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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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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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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