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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.

Al Yankovic

I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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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 try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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Experience Family Bond Live Show
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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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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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?
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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