No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
AL YANKOVICThey somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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