No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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.
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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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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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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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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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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.
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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