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.
AL YANKOVICThere’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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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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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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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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