I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
AL YANKOVICI’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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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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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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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’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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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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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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