My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
AL YANKOVICI know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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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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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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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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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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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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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.
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