I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
AL YANKOVICSometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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.
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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I don’t think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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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 mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
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Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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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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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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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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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
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I’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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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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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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