I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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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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.
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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 my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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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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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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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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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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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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I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny.
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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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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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