I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
AL YANKOVICYou can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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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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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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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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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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