There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
AL YANKOVICI’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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!
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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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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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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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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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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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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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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