Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
AL YANKOVICIt fit pretty nicely into my schedule because we’d pretty much finished the bulk of promotion for Mandatory Fun and were just getting geared up for the World Tour so this was a nice time for me to be working on it.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
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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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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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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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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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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 do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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