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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’

Al Yankovic

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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Artist Feel Idiosyncraisies Learn Like Musical Original Something Song Sound Try Twist
Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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Culture Disposable More Pop Gotten
It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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Album Best Done Go Important Next Self Thing Time
I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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Any Cover Media New Think
People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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Do Funny Music People Serious Think
I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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Early Enough Feel Fortunate Gangsta Good Nice Rap Think Very
It fit pretty nicely into my schedule because we’d pretty much finished the bulk of promotion for Mandatory Fun and were just getting geared up for the World Tour so this was a nice time for me to be working on it.
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Bulk Finish Fit Mandatory Nicely Pretty Promotion Scheule
As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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Doe Internet Like Out Stuff Suit Turn
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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Candidate Enough Good Idea Ostensibly Parody Song Think
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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Extremely Gloat Hate Life Mean Opposition Out Satisfy Thing Work
You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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Bungee Love Lower Relationship Strand Tower
Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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Advertise Out People Want Some Spread Weird
If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Enough Good People See Something
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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Candidate Chart Good Idea Song Speak Target Try
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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Album Career Deel Keep Material Three Topical Year
I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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Gas Pump Self Service Station Stranded Use

I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’

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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’

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