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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More Al Yankovic Quotes
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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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’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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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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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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