Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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.
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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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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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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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In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
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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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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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