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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.

Al Yankovic

Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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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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I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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I think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
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Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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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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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about 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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