Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
AL YANKOVICThat’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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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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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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I don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
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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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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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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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