Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
AL YANKOVICOne 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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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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