I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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.
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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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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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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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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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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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I don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
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