I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.
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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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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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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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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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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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’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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