I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
AL YANKOVICIn 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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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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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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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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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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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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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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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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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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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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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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