The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
AL YANKOVICSo I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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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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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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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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