How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
AL YANKOVICDoing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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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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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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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
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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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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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