As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
AL YANKOVICAs much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
AL YANKOVICAfter 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.
AL YANKOVICI cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
AL YANKOVICThey somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
AL YANKOVICI have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
AL YANKOVICI like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
AL YANKOVICI do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
AL YANKOVICSo I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
AL YANKOVICThat’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
AL YANKOVICBuy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
AL YANKOVICI’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
AL YANKOVICProbably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
AL YANKOVICEvery night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
AL YANKOVICSomebody 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.
AL YANKOVICI’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
AL YANKOVICI’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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