My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
AL YANKOVICI decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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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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One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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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.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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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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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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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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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.
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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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