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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.

Al Yankovic

I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
AL YANKOVIC

Hard Know Label Like Myself Pigeon
There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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Candidate Enough Good Idea Ostensibly Parody Song Think
There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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Country Enough Music People Serious Stuff Unfunny
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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Chance Fame Good Make Rock Think
I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
AL YANKOVIC

Boot Esteem Good Grovel Hunk Low Nose Self Slime Worthless
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Articulate Enough Idea Make Movie Parameter Song
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.’
AL YANKOVIC

Bathroom Fantastic Go Hairbrush Live Mirror OK Rock Sing Star Suppose Weird
There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
AL YANKOVIC

Candidate Clever Enough Good Ostensibly Parody Song Think
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
AL YANKOVIC

Another Find Involve Just Kind Motivate Movie Property Right Screenplay Tie
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Able Dad Father Life Live Make Success
No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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Car No Tape Track
I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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Coming Drive Excite Guitar Lot Music Nirvana Point
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Better Death Little Long Look Nerdy People Year
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 YANKOVIC

Another Better Chance Drawer Guy Movie Script
So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
AL YANKOVIC

Celebrity Few Flatter Perform Repeat
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Around Creatively Humorous Lyric Repetitive Some Song

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