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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.

Al Yankovic

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 Clever Enough Good Ostensibly Parody Song Think
You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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Choose Our Shoe Step Suede Underwear Want
My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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Although Dough Mean Some Velvet World Worth
There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
AL YANKOVIC

Arm Challenge Clever Different Fashion Lot Parody Sign Song
I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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Comedy Geek Important Inside Thing
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.
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Approval Artist Go Idea Parody Positive Process Record Song
I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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Bathroom Clean Grand Minute Spend Station Tongue
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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History Long Respect Stand Wish
Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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Character Look People Sometimes Suppose Weird Yourself
Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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Do Good Know Them Thing Until
People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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Get Better People School
A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Artist Supportive Year
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.
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Arm Autograph Come Next Permanent Show Somebody Time Up
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
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.
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Acne Bag Everywhere Facial Girl Hair Make Ugly Unwanted
I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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Actual Life Long Onstage Pick Possible Realize Rest Song Studio Time Work

I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.

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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.

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