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I 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.

Al Yankovic

One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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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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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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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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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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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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He died a long painful death. However, you’ll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.
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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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I’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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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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I 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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