Al Yankovic on cartoon
Al Yankovic173 quotes“I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’”
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic You fake something until you’re good at it.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’m an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I’m a relation to Frankenstein’s creation.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
Al YankovicAl Yankovic A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic
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Forgiveness comes after understanding & understanding comes after acceptance.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
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Advertising is not a rifle; it is a shotgun, and any campaign featuring outdoor boards of a cartoon animal inevitably will catch children in its spray.
Bob GarfieldBob Garfield I wanted to be this one cartoon character [Porky Pig], couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t do it, other than living in the midwest.
Bob BergenBob Bergen I think it’s a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.
Bil KeaneBil Keane In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
Bil KeaneBil Keane I can still do clothing, movies, cartoons. I’mma get mine regardless. Whether I put an album out or not, I’m still gonna see a check.
Beanie SigelBeanie Sigel My lawyer’s opinion is that the cops might not actually be able to charge me with criminal damage any more – because theoretically my graffiti actually increases the value of property rather than decreasing it. That’s his theory, but then my lawyer also believes wearing novelty cartoon ties is a good look.
BanksyBanksy There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir? and Picasso which may not be understood by the cartoonist, but it definitely is related even in the early Disney.
Roy LichtensteinRoy Lichtenstein Picasso’s always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence.
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