I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
AL YANKOVICIf something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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It 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.
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I’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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Nows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
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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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