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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Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
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Al YankovicAl Yankovic I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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