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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

I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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Actual Best Most Obvious Route Sometimes Try
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Able Article Bunch Come Couple Friend Magazine Solicit
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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Able Dad Father Life Live Make Success
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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Funny Happen Music Real Sometimes Think Thought
Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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Belly Button Color Huge Maybe Social Taboo
The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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Career Course Iron Last Longer Over Parody People Year
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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Doe Internet Like Out Stuff Suit Turn
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

Able Instead Moment More Release Song Think Timely Topical War
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
Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
AL YANKOVIC

Bottle Coke End Got Left Nestle Record Stuck Sun Tongue
Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
AL YANKOVIC

Almost Dear Ever Feel Left Me Miserable Since You
No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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Car No Tape Track
In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
AL YANKOVIC

Album Based Eighty Every Fear Forget Mostly People Put Think Virtual Year
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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History Long Respect Stand Wish
So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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Crazy Drive Know Pick Song Try
Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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never Put Velvet Weight
Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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Come Horrible Idea Parody
Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
AL YANKOVIC

Blow Brain Kind Mama Maybe Suicide Wish
I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
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Book Career Child Picture Pretty Raed Same Time Want Year
About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.
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Editor Five Good Guest Idea Issue Month Nanosecond Nice Offer Pretty
I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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Analytical Precise Very
What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
AL YANKOVIC

Artist Attention Austin Kind More Music
You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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Defined Job Need
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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Accept Comedy Community Feel Gratifying Like Music Somewhere Start
I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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Big Date Foot Put Sally Siamese Slept Too Twin
I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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Energy Guy High Kind Known Optimistic
You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
AL YANKOVIC

Choose Our Shoe Step Suede Underwear Want

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