That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
AL YANKOVICI 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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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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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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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It fit pretty nicely into my schedule because we’d pretty much finished the bulk of promotion for Mandatory Fun and were just getting geared up for the World Tour so this was a nice time for me to be working on it.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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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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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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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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