Al Yankovic on real
Al Yankovic173 quotes“Sometimes 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.”
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I tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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 YankovicAl Yankovic My wife went off with Elvis.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic By the time I’m in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic 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.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
Al YankovicAl Yankovic
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