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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They 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 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’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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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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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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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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So 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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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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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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