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.’
AL YANKOVICI 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.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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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.
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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’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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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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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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I think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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