People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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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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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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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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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.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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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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One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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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 know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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