In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
AL YANKOVICBoys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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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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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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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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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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I tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
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