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 YANKOVICWhen I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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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’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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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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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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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.
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One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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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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