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 YANKOVICThat’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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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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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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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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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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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 know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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