He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.
AL YANKOVICI start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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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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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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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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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 start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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