In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
AL YANKOVICI think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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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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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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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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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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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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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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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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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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