As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
AL YANKOVIC
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!
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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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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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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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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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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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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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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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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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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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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