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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.

Al Yankovic

That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
AL YANKOVIC

Gateway Kid Lesbian Read Something Witchcraft
It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
AL YANKOVIC

Articulate Enough Idea Make Movie Parameter Song
Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
AL YANKOVIC

Funny Happen Music Real Sometimes Think Thought
I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
AL YANKOVIC

Early Enough Feel Fortunate Gangsta Good Nice Rap Think Very
I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
AL YANKOVIC

Analytical Precise Very
Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
AL YANKOVIC

Around Creatively Humorous Lyric Repetitive Some Song
I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
AL YANKOVIC

Get Me Offend Parody Somebody Too
I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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Big Date Foot Put Sally Siamese Slept Too Twin
You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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Barbecue Down Face Heal Heart Scar Slam
You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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Defined Job Need
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.
AL YANKOVIC

Grab Gusto Inspirational Key Lead Low Out Time
Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
AL YANKOVIC

Down Naked Picture Take
So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
AL YANKOVIC

Funny Gotta Know Material Merit Parody Regard Rule Source Write
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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Candidate Chart Good Idea Song Speak Target Try
I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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Influence People Unduly Watch
In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
AL YANKOVIC

Come Fact Google Idea Parody Resist Someone

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