black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

Al Yankovic

As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
AL YANKOVIC

April Day Excuse Fool Man never People Wise
A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
AL YANKOVIC

Artist Supportive Year
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Candidate Enough Good Idea Ostensibly Parody Song Think
A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
AL YANKOVIC

Basic Cartoon Natural Variation Voice
Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
AL YANKOVIC

Build Fan Feature Guess Huge One People Plura Specific Wrote
I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
AL YANKOVIC

Esteem Hockey Little Lost Made Self Team
I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
AL YANKOVIC

Influence People Unduly Watch
Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
AL YANKOVIC

Along Anymore Chain Date Food Low Until Came
So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
AL YANKOVIC

Differently Kind Somebody Thing Tries Upset
I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
AL YANKOVIC

Big Date Foot Put Sally Siamese Slept Too Twin
My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
AL YANKOVIC

Brother Children Hate Only Child Sister
How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
AL YANKOVIC

Audience Bore Cheer Do Parody Something
I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
AL YANKOVIC

Chart Head Hope Pop Something Watch Week Will
So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
AL YANKOVIC

Crazy Drive Know Pick Song Try
It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
AL YANKOVIC

Album Best Done Go Important Next Self Thing Time
I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
AL YANKOVIC

Boot Esteem Good Grovel Hunk Low Nose Self Slime Worthless

I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Al Yankovic Quotes